The Diputación de Badajoz has organised a demonstrative workshop for technical profiles from Spain and Latin America in the framework of the Community and Municipal Awareness and Technical Assistance Programme for the implementation of the communal strategy of Recoleta, Chile.

This programme, which lasted 6 days, focused on strengthening the transmission of knowledge on energy issues to municipal teams in the community of Recoleta (Chile). To this end, a series of visits have been made to various facilities and relevant regional, provincial and local projects in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies, such as the visit on March 22, 2023, to the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) implemented by LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project in the Gabriela Mistral primery school of Solana de los Barros (Badajoz, Spain).

During the visit, the transformation of a corridor in the school was explained, which the pupils used to call “the corridor of hell”, due to the high temperatures that were reached inside. A vertical garden was placed in this corridor, which has considerably reduced the temperature in the room, as well as reducing CO2 levels in it.

Welcome from Gabriela Mistral school staff © DIPBA

Afterwards, the first green roof of the building was shown where Miguel Ángel Antón, Architect of the Diputación de Badajoz involved in the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, explained in detail how the works started, the materials used and what types of NBS prototypes are part of this roof.

Then, the second roof was shown. The visit was also used to show the induced natural ventilation system installed and the room where the irrigation system of the NBS prototypes is storage

Miguel Ángel Antón explains the process of building green roofs © DIPBA

Finally, the visit concludes in the school playground to show the wooden shading system, located on some small steps. This shading structure is made at the request of the pupils of Gabriela Mistral school. In this same playground, the floor has also changed, it has become a water retention system, in which one part is made of porous concrete and the other part is made of cobblestones, with the aim of favouring the retention of rainwater, which is channelled to an underground well.

Alejandro Peña Paredes (Director of the Sustainable Development Area of the Diputación de Badajoz), energy efficiency, environmental and communication technicians from the Diputación de Badajoz, as well as technical profiles related to energy and environmental management from Chilean local government institutions are participating in this demonstrative workshop.

AEXCID, the General Directorate of Industry, Energy and Mines, Extremadura AVANTE, the Provincial Councils of Badajoz and Cáceres, FEMPEX, several Extremadura City Councils and the University of Extremadura have collaborated in the design and implementation of this knowledge exchange programme.

The full programme of this initiative (available just in Spanish) can be downloaded at this link.

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