Environmental rehabilitation of public buildings according to the objectives of the European directive 20-20-20; Case study on Iparralde Civic Center in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)

Abstract

The current report focuses in the analysis of a the oretical case of ecological refurbishment applied on the Iparralde Civic Center in Vitoria Ga stéiz. This analysis, which was focused in the accomplishment of the aims within 20-20-20 Dire ctive, has as main objective the demonstration of the efficacy of mixed solutions of refurbishment. Whereas, an analysis of a supposed refurbishment on Iparralde Center was perf ormed, using both green roofs and photovoltaic roofs. Within this analysis, the benef its that these refurbishment operations can have towards the environmental objectives of 20-20- 20 Directive were considered. Once this study was done, it was established as conclusion, t hat best solutions facing environmental refurbishment are the ones including various sorts of retrofitting techniques.