Visit to the Les Planes de Son Centre
On 7th November 2014, the students of the Master’s Degree in Architecture and Sustainability: Design Strategies and Techniques in Environmental Control made a guided visit to the nature research centre of Les Planes de Son, in the Lleida Pyrenees.
The nature centre is located at a place called Les Planes de Son, in the Àneu valley. Its main objective is to promote the study of nature and to create greater social awareness about the need to conserve the environment and to promote sustainable development.
The site has a bioclimatic building with an area of more than 3,000 m2 that uses renewable energy. This building provides accommodation and also a restaurant, laboratory, planetarium, library and auditorium, as well as many other services.
On the visit, we received explanations about some of the environmental criteria applied at the centre. These include: the appropriate handling of waste, water saving, energy efficiency and landscaping integration, amongst others.
