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Port de Barcelona has completed the renovation of the Asta building, one of the historical headquarters of the Barcelona Port Authority. The modernization of the building has preserved its structure but has completely transformed its exterior and interior layout.
Once the renovation is complete, the new Asta building will continue to host spaces for Port de Barcelona workers, such as the Port Police agents, who inaugurated their new headquarters in a 2,000 square meter annex two years ago. The main building, nearly 14,000 square meters, will house the Archive and the Heritage, Conservation, and Navigation Aids departments of the Port de Barcelona, while also allowing the remaining spaces to be rented to companies related to the logistics sector.
The works, which began in September 2021, cost 20.8 million euros (USD 23.9 million). The project has received public funding within the Plan for reducing energy consumption in the General State Administration, specific objective RSO2.1 of the Spain FEDER Pluriregional Program 2021-2027, co-financed by the European Union (EU).
Sustainable Building
The renovation has prioritized the energy efficiency of the building, minimizing its environmental impact. In a pioneering move, the main building's air conditioning system has been designed to be supplied by renewable energy from the heating and cooling network that Ecoenergies Barcelona is developing.
This network is an innovative example of a circular economy, as it utilizes the residual cold generated by the regasification of LNG arriving by ship at the Enagás terminal, on the Energy dock, for industrial uses and building air conditioning, saving the emission of 32,000 tons of CO2 annually.
In this way, the Asta building will not only consume 100% renewable electricity, like all buildings of the Barcelona Port Authority, but its air conditioning system and domestic hot water supply will also operate with green energy.
