Torre Diagonal Renovation

Comprehensive refurbishment of the facilities of the Torre Diagonal building

The ROIG team has completed the renovation project of the first floor, second floor and second floor of the Torre Diagonal office building, located at 168-170 Balmes Street in Barcelona.

The project has been meticulously thought through in the choice of high quality materials, while maintaining the essence of the building, such as the impressive spiral staircase that connects the floors. ROIG has worked in the reform of 1800m2 and the times are a challenge, since it has been completed in just 5 months.

New facilities

The project includes the installation of low-voltage electrical equipment on all floors of the building. Each floor has an independent supply with its corresponding meter.

In the first phase, the metering equipment has been installed and the communication between meters has been wired, leaving them ready for the communication of the building’s variables. In a second phase, they have been integrated into the centralized management platform to provide the reading of electrical variables (energy and power) or the control of energy management and cost. In addition, in this second phase, water meters have also been installed to control consumption, management and energy costs.

Centralized management

Lighting, air conditioning and ventilation are controlled by an intelligent controller-based control system. In the first phase, the controllers planned and programmed for automatic operation have been installed in each of the plants. In a second phase, state-of-the-art controllers have been integrated into the centralized management platform.

All these controllers will make it possible, for example, to control the operating hours of the air conditioning machines during the period of autonomous operation, a perimeter control of the lighting with the contribution of natural light or the relative humidity in the air.

An installation system designed for energy saving

The new lighting network has been created following the criteria for the construction of new public buildings. In this sense, an energy-saving system has been designed thanks to the installation of LED luminaires and taking into account the use of natural light.

Given the construction characteristics of the building and the use to which it will be put, an air conditioning installation has been designed that will offer the maximum advantages of thermal comfort, energy savings and flexibility in terms of the production of cold and heat in each room.

On the other hand, the building has a ventilation system to provide sufficient outside air flow to prevent the formation of high concentrations of pollutants in the different areas where activities are carried out. The air will be renewed between 10 and 25% approximately every hour.

In addition, the audiovisual installations have been adapted to the new office layout and the analog fire detection system has been replaced by another with visual and acoustic alarm elements, adapted to current regulations and for users with visual or hearing limitations.