Architectural integration of renewable energies in historical cities

Abstract

The principal aim of the project that we present, developed in collaboration with the Consorcio de Santiago [1] and the IDAE [2], is to investigate the possibility of application of sustainable technologies in buildings inside the historical centre of Santiago de Compostela. The idea is try to obtain technologies, designs and components as standard as possible for the application of the solar power in catalogued buildings, analysing diverse particular solutions in order to adjust to the architectural specific requirements of the historical center of the city [3.4,5] and to implement the ideal opposing solutions, as well as the development of a plan of medium-term action for the city.

We present an ambitious project, with a double slope: To foment global actions of sustainability in zones of historical interest and realizes an interesting project of research and development in the field of Renewable Energies orientated by his proper nature towards decentralized and local applications, this differential characteristic in the field. The use of renewable energies is not reserved exclusively for the companies, that try to give service to big facilities or to produce electricity for the supply of the general network. On the contrary, a good number of applications can take place in the own housing, turning into quality parameters for his enormous environmental advantages and of improvement into the comfort.