Pavelló Illa: Barcelona’s new sports hub looks good, keeps cool and saves energy
Located in the dense urban fabric of Barcelona, Pavelló Illa is a new sports centre that stands out for its sensitive integration into a complex context.
Praxis Resilient Buildings is an engineering and consultancy practice, based in Barcelona, Spain. We help create healthy, low-carbon, high-performance, comfortable buildings with excellent air quality and near-zero energy consumption that continue to perform under extreme climate conditions
Our goal is to help create healthy, low-carbon, high-performance, comfortable buildings with near-zero energy consumption. We help our clients achieve radical reductions in carbon emissions using renewable, healthy materials and efficient heating, cooling, hot water and ventilation systems.
What do we do?
Oliver Style from Praxis, Passivhaus Certifier, with over 12 years of experience applying the standard to warm climates.
Projects
Mirador de Gràcia: Passivhaus Nursing home
Consultoría Passivhaus para una residencia geriátrica asistida ubicada en Barcelona capital, diseñada por el despacho de arquitectura Genars y promovido por FIATC Seguros a través de FIATC…
Borda Nova, Andorra: Multifamily Passivhaus
La Borda Nova, Andorra: Multifamily Passivhaus Passivhaus Certification, thermal bridge calculations Description Public development with 44 social housing units, designed by architects Pau Iglesias Rodríguez and Jacint…
El Niu: multi-residential Passivhaus Plus
El Niu, meaning the “Nest” in Catalan, is Andorra’s first multi-residential Passivhaus Plus certified building, and was certified by Oliver Style of Praxis Resilient Buildings, developed by…
Blog
The Health Risks of Noise and the Passivhaus Solution
Noise pollution is an often-overlooked environmental hazard that has significant health implications.
The Truth About Heating and Cooling in Passivhaus Buildings
Passivhaus buildings are often marketed as requiring no heating at all, but this is misleading. While it is true that Passivhaus buildings achieve an impressive 70% reduction in space heating demand compared to conventional buildings
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