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Madrid City Council
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Madrid Briefing
Ángel L. Fernández
General Director of Urbanism
MADRID CITY COUNCIL
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Brief Description of Madrid
Madrid city is the capital of Spain
It is one of the most populated cities in the European
Union, with 3,200,000 inhabitants
Almost 17% of its population comes from 180 different
nationalities
Madrid is the economical heart of the country,
producing 12% of Spain GDP
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Brief Description of Madrid
Services and Real Estate are the main productive
domains
Barajas is the fourth most important airport of the
European Union
Madrid subway network spreads around 319 km
It has the third world’s largest high-speed rail network
It also hosts the only inland maritime customs in
Europe
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Initiatives Around
Sustainability
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Initiatives Around Sustainability
The transformation of the urban ring road M-30 into an
underground highway, has been the largest operation
in the Madrid environmental rebalancing recent history
This project has allowed to reduce about 35,000 tons of
CO2 emissions
We have won more than 3,200,000 sq. meters of green
areas, where more than 26,000 trees will be planted
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Initiatives Around Sustainability
The technology and investment are being applied to the
sustainable management of waste and water
Madrid recycle 100% of its waste water, 500 million
cubic meters which are returned to the river
Madrid has succeeded reducing by 50% of the organic
matter disposable. We are about to build one of the first
biomethanol plants of Europe
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Madrid CUD Focus
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Madrid CUD Focus
“Smart Town Energy Management”
“Transforming normal urban residential buildings
and open spaces into a smart environment.
Allowing for smart & sustainable energy generation
and management in a carbon neutral community of
residents over an existing urban centre”
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Smart Town Energy Management
“Increase efficiency, boost progress”
Demand side
Demand response
Smart buildings / smart appliances
Energy dashboards
Microgeneration / eco-technology
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Goya’s Madrid
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