A2PBEER – Affordable  CASE STUDY 1

and Adaptable Public  EHU BUILDING

Buildings through  BILBAO
Energy Efficient 
Retrofitting

Workshop
12‐13 September 2016, Bilbao

Dr. Jon Terés-Zubiaga

UPV/EHU
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Content of this presentation

 PART 1: UPV/EHU building. Pre‐intervention 
description (PRE)

 PART 2: Proposed project (PRO)

 PART 3: Expected energy use reduction (EnS)

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PART 1. – UPV/EHU building description

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PRE1 – Location and general information

Location Climate Weather data Type of building Year of const.

Leioa Airport
Oceanic Office 1970
(near Bilbao) (8 km)

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PRE2 – General characteristics
Orientation Dimensions Buildings Floors Net area / volume
N ‐ S 110x22x19.3 m 4 Ground floor + 3 8973 m2 / 41775 m3

Ground floor Floor 1

Floor 2 Floor 3

Roof
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PRE3 – Building operation

Occupation Heating + Refrigeration + Illumination

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PRE4 – Thermal envelope. Overview.

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PRE5 – Thermal envelope. Opaque walls.
NORTH FAÇADE EAST FAÇADE
Ground floor: facing bricks
XXXXXX Precast concrete
with air cavity + 3 cm of panels, except in the
XXXXXX
insulation; concrete blocks rectors area (wood
The other floors: precast finish with thermal
concrete panels. insulation)
SOUTH FAÇADE WEST FAÇADE
XXXXXX XXXXXX
XXXXXX XXXXXX

Ground floor: facing bricks with air cavity + 3 cm of Precast concrete panels except the ground floor
insulation; concrete blocks (Nursery: facing bricks).
The other floors: precast concrete panels. The most exposed façade.

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PRE5 – Thermal envelope. Opaque walls.

Points to take into account:

•Thermal bridges (corners, pillars, platform…)
•Structure in façade
•Shading element in the south façade
•Different finishes
•Projecting parts of the façade (heterogeneous)

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PRE6 – Thermal envelope. Windows.
3 different kinds of windows currently:
•Wood frame and single glazing
•Aluminium frame (without thermal break), double glazing
•Aluminium frame (with thermal break), double glazing

Points to take into account:

•Some windows have an acceptable
thermal performance
•Shading devices in south façade

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PRE7 – Thermal envelope. Roof.

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PRE8 – Energy systems. HVAC and DHW.
1. Space heating load. Is met by a district heating system. It provides hot water to the different
buildings of the campus.
‐ 7 natural gas fired condensing boilers
‐ Building heating distribution system is formed by 2 independent circuits: radiators placed
on north and south facing rooms.
‐ Heat production and distribution temperature ranges from 100 to 80 ºC

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PRE8 – Energy systems. HVAC and DHW.
2. Cooling. No centralized cooling system. Some areas are covered by autonomous systems.

3. Ventilation: No mechanical ventilation system is available currently. Rooms are ventilated by

opening operable windows by the users.

4. DHW: DHW demand is negligible.

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PRE9 – Energy systems. Lighting.
Lighting system mainly consists in fluorescent tubes luminaries that are on all day long.

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PART 2. – Proposed project

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PRO1 – Objectives and areas of intervention
OBJECTIVES
1. Make some structural repairs
2. Improve the global energy performance of the building (Passive and active elements)
3. Improve the comfort conditions of the workplaces
4. Update the building image

AREAS OF INTERVENTION. SUMMARY

Opaque façade: External ventilated façade with vacuum insulation panels (VIPs).
Windows: A2PBEER reversible windows + high performance windows (orientation) + Shading element in
the nursery (?)
Rooftop: To cover the unprotected part + addition a mineral wool insulation in the nursery ceiling
Lighting: (West block only) Fiber optic + LED in the 2nd floor; Smart control of LED lighting depending of
the natural lighting availability
HVAC: (West block only) Mechanical ventilation (including free cooling) + Thermostatic control valves

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PRO2 – Issues that need special considering
OPAQUE WALLS
1. Design of VIPs and ventilated façade. In order to define constructive details of façade and joints:
Windows‐opaque walls
Corners
Projecting parts and pillars
Shading element in south façade

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PRO2 – Issues that need special considering
WINDOWS
1. Shading elements in south façade

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PRO3 – Envelope. Opaque walls. 
The whole opaque façade are going to be covered with the A2PBEER project developed external
ventilated façade with vacuum insulation panels (VIPs). Thermal transmittance value: 0.27W/m2K.

‐PVC clip system mounting to the wall

‐1100x700x30 insulation panels finished with protecting rubber.

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PRO3 – Envelope. Opaque walls. 
EXTERNAL INSULATION CONTINUITY

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PRO4 – Envelope. Windows. 
CURRENT SITUATION PROPOSAL
Aluminum with TB Break No change
A2PBEER reversible windows
Aluminum without TB Break High performance windows
Painted wood ‐ Low‐E windows: North faç.
‐ Solar control (g=0.4) South faç.

Shading element to reduce solar gains in

the nursery (*)

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PRO5 – Envelope. Roof.

The current roof is partially covered with 5 cm XPS tiles and partially unprotected. It is proposed to
cover the unprotected part with 5 cm XPS tiles. In some areas, VIPs installation is planed.

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PRO6 – Lighting system.
Current lighting system is going to be substituted by:

‐ Hybrid luminaires; LED lighting + fibre optic/difussers + control: Luminaires that provide
natural lighting + LED power to achieve the lighting levels needed.

‐ LED lighting + control: Luminaries that controls LED power depending on the available
natural light.

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PRO7 – HVAC System.
Heating System: District heating remains the same
Distribution: Thermostatic control valves installed on the hot water radiators

DHW: No changes

Ventilation system: Four air handing units located in each floor

Cooling system: Free cooling for summer period

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PRO8 – HVAC System. Ventilation
Ventilation system: Four air handing units located in each floor

Cooling system: Free cooling for summer period

Ventilation system control.

Sumer period.

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PART 3. – Expected energy use reduction

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EnS1 – Expected savings. Energy savings potential. 

EXPECTED ENERGY SAVINGS:

Lighting: 62%
Space heating: 46%
Space cooling: (*)
TOTAL SAVINGS: 42.5%

(*) Energy consumed by the fans for the ventilation has been included as “Space cooling”; for that
reason, no energy savings on space cooling are resulted.

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Questions?

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