Barcelona City Council

Project Details

Location: Barcelona, Spain
Category: Office
Year Completed: 2015
Technology: High Solar Reflective Materials

Technologies & Products Used

Torrent del’Olla

The Torrent del’Olla building – originally built in 1969 – houses a supermarket on its ground floor, and offices on the floors above, overall, around 300 people work within the building.

The building has a roof surface of 710 m2, and is covered with a bituminous membrane installed over a decade ago. Whilst the roof was in reasonably good condition, cracks were beginning to show, making it an ideal opportunity to add a maintenance coating and at the same time test the High Solar Reflective concept on a renovation project.

Cool Barrier Roof system by Abolin delivers excellent durability and dirt pick-up resistance, helping to reduce the darkening of light-colored roof coatings over time for long term energy efficiency. It also offers resistance to cracks, UV-light and ponded water, as well as to potential blistering of the final coating.