Apolonio Morales 29 designed by IEI, obtains LEED v4.1 O+M Existing Building Platinum certification.
The headquarters of ENERES, located at 29 Apolonio Morales Streetin Madrid has obtained the LEED v4.1 O + M Existing Building Platinum" certification. with the highest score in Spain for this type of certification and the first certification in Europe in this category.
The building was rehabilitated between 2007 and 2009 as part of an Integrated Rehabilitation for Efficiency project promoted and constructed by its owner, the company Fernández Molina Obras y Servicios S.A. which has been headquartered in the building since that date.
The renovation of this building was the trigger for its architects and builders to create the service brand ENERES Sustainable Energy Systems in 2009, which since then has developed a relevant work in Spain in consulting and construction of emblematic buildings and infrastructure systems for efficiency, dissemination of knowledge on rehabilitation for efficiency, bioclimatism, geothermal energy, geostructures and thermoactive structures, use of energy resources recovered from subway urban infrastructures and other fields of innovation in academic forums, congresses and national and international publications.
13 years after its architectural conception for efficiency, inspired then by approaches of excellence already in place in neighboring European countries but not in Spain, the Apolonio Morales 29 building joins a new certification framework, the Leed for Operation and Maintenance in Existing Buildings. The new certification framework, which today recognizes factors and benefits that were not considered in any scope of certification at the time. LEED v4.1 O + M Existing Building represents an evolution in this type of seals by requiring continuous monitoring of the total behavior of the building and its occupants in terms of emissions and their environmental impact, continuous performance and testing on aspects including transportation, energy, waste or water.
The certification of the building was promoted in 2020 by its owner, Fernández Molina Obras y Servicios SA, and has been granted in 2021 through the consultancy of Savills Aguirre Newman and with the assistance and supervision of ENERES' Technical Director, Architect Rossana Laera.
With this accreditation, the Apolonio Morales 29 building breaks the records of:
- First LEED v4.1 O+M Existing Building Platinum certificate obtained in EUROPE.
Highest score achieved in all LEED categories (New Construction, Operation and Maintenance, Housing, etc.), in versions 4 and 4.1, in SPAIN.
Maximum score achieved in the LEED O + M category, in all versions, in SPAIN.
