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14/10/2014
UAB Inaugurates ICTA-ICP Building
The new main offices of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) and the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) were inaugurated on October 10 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) the Barcelona Synchrotron Park works with.

The new building, unique thanks to the sustainability criteria with which it was constructed, controls its temperature through a bioclimatic “outer skin”, reducing energy consumption levels up to 62% and water consumption up to 90% in comparison to conventional buildings: the building achieved a LEED GOLD certification by the US Green Building Council.

With 206 and 55 employees respectively, both ICTA and ICP are world-class research centers that have now with these new shared main offices a new tool at their disposal to work better.

News based on the press released issued by the UAB.

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