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Catalans take the lead in the Spanish EPC-market

20. 03. 2015


Together with other European EPC-experts Johan Coolen (Factor4) visited the first Spanish EPC-project today, i.e. the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona. By - amongst other - installing a highly efficient air conditioning system and by introducing a new building management system, the annual energy cost  has been reduced by more than 40% (more information here).

While only a few years ago, EPC ('energy performance contracting') was an unknown approach in the Catalan region, the EPC-market is now growing rapidly. Presently, 20 new EPC-projects are under development.