Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Urban transformation of large city district into circular energy community
The Spanish demo case is the Llevant Innovation District in Palma de Mallorca.

The neighbourhood – with approx. 2500 inhabitants – is a mixed-used development area including residential, tertiary, and educational buildings. Both new construction and renovation activities are taking place.

Key actions in the district can be summarised with following numbers:

1) Large scale retrofitting action in La Soledat Sud of 250 private dwellings (26 800 m²) by means of a novel Public Private Partnership mechanism. Total floor area: 191 000 m².

2) New Positive Energy social housing building promoted by IBAVI with 36 apartments. Total floor area: 1750 m²

3) New high efficiency residential multifamily buildings. Demonstration project involves two buildings with 114 + 88 apartments. Total floor area: 14 400 m².

4) Proposal of an energy renovation of a flagship heritage protected building from the 70’s modern movement. Total floor area: 16 600 m².

5) The creation of a Citizen Energy Community (CEC), a private crowd-funded, innovative mechanism to facilitate the deployment of renewable energy using available public and private roofs in the area.

6) The creation and dynamization of the Es Laboratori, as a Living Lab for collaborative co-creation to collectively achieve the goals of energy transition and social justice, among others.

 

Innovation cluster

Palma City Council (developer), IBAVI, Metrovacesa, IREC, AIGASOL

 

Key data

  • A mixed used area with residential, tertiary and educational buildings
  • New construction and renovation
  • Floor area: 936 935m²
  • Construction year: Most dwellings are from the 1970s

 

Technologies and innovations
  • District energy simulation tool
    • To analyse, design, and study energy flows in the neighbourhood,
    • To define pathways for Energy Transition in the District
    • To assess the impact of actions
    • To link the 3D Twin District models using Virtual Reality – link with Digitalisation Hub
  • Community engagement and well-being
    • Es Laboratori as a Living Lab
    • Post-Occupancy Evaluation assessment of occupant satisfaction
    • Citizen Energy Communities (CEC) Platform
  • Sustainable building (re)design
    • Social multifamily building with Positive Energy Buildings ambition level
    • Cost-optimal solutions for retrofitting in Large Scale Renovation process
    • Energy renovation of a flagship heritage protected building + testing of BIPV solutions
  • Resource efficient construction workflow
    • Reduction of execution time and costs is Large Scale Renovation process​
    • Testing solutions based on the recovery of eco-friendly local artisan industries ​
    • Improvement of a Catalogue of Sustainable Local Materials
  • Efficient operation and flexibility
    • Advanced control and monitoring of shared HVC assets in multifamily dwellings
    • Optimal use of comfort-driven ventilation system in social housing
    • Flexible operation of a Citizen Energy Communities (CEC)
  • Business models and financial instruments
    • Private Public Partnership one-stop shop mechanism for the large-scale renovation of urban areas ​
    • Creation of a Citizen Energy Community (CEC) by means of private crowd-funded, innovative mechanism to generate renewable energy using available public and private roofs in the area
Jardins de Llevant. Photo: Metrovacesa
Jardins de Llevant. Photo: Metrovacesa
35 protected dwellings. Illustration: DataAE
35 protected dwellings. Illustration: DataAE
Jardins de Llevant. Photo: Metrovacesa
Jardins de Llevant. Photo: Metrovacesa
35 protected dwellings. Illustration: DataAE
35 protected dwellings. Illustration: DataAE
Jardins de Llevant. Photo: Metrovacesa
Jardins de Llevant. Photo: Metrovacesa
35 protected dwellings. Illustration: DataAE
35 protected dwellings. Illustration: DataAE

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