Xunta de Galicia: the ‘Department of Environment’ building will have a stock of renewable sources

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, According to a transversal approach to environmental policy And that it is an integrator of the environmental perspective in the different sectors of socio-economic activity groups of great importance.

Be among them Related to the development of renewable energy sources Within the framework of the Galician dedication to travel to a neutral economy in emissions. The contribution of renewable energy sources is available for this to reduce pollution, BKGs and bet on the energy transition of Galicia.

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The Xunta de Galicia will devote an investment of 3.27 million euros to the implementation of the improvement and renovation of the administrative construction of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in San Lázaro, an integral intervention both inside and outdoors It is intended to achieve remarkable energy savingsWith an estimated reduction of almost 62% of the current consumption of non -renewable primary energy.

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On the occasion of the official start of the works, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Ángeles Vázquez, today participated in the presentation of the project, whose implementation will have an estimated duration of one year and will be financed with the European program of the program Nextgeneration Through the repair, transformation and resilience plan.

Accompanied by the director of the work and other technicians of the company who are responsible for carrying out the works, the autonomous controller explained that one of the planned actions is the renewal of the thermal envelope, as well as various improvements will influence the energy efficiency of the building And will considerably reduce the source to non -renewable energy sources without giving up quality or comfort.

Scope of the work

The work will also try to be too compatible, on the one hand, the uniqueness and characteristics of the original building and on the other hand a Modernization and adjustment of facilities To meet the ecological and climatic requirements and needs in the present and especially for the future.

In fact, Ángeles Vázquez emphasized that the actions planned in the project will reach one «Visual, environmental and comfort improvement»In the series of facilities that, as recalled, have been employed by the autonomous administration for more than 20 years.

He also emphasized that public administrations must “set an example” and therefore the aim is that the administrative headquarters of the department will become a sustainable constructive and architectural model and of Adaptation to challenges on climate changeWithout giving up and the comfort of its users.

In that sense, and after remembering the remodeling that has already been taken in the administrative building of San Caetano, the minister said that the Xunta will continue with the intervention in San Lázaro Take steps in the direction of climate neutrality, A goal that Galicia wants to achieve in the year 2040 and that will be included as such in the future climate legislation, which is planning to send his department to the parliament in the second half of this year.