The High Performance Centers (CAR) of the High Sports Council (CSD), located in Madrid, León, and Sierra Nevada, are immersed in a comprehensive modernization process expected to be completed by 2025. This ambitious project, with an investment of 27.7 million euros, aims to improve the sustainability, digitalization, and accessibility of these sports facilities, ensuring a more efficient and adapted future to current needs.
With the support of NextGenerationEU funds, the improvements being carried out are designed to optimize the energy efficiency of the centers, setting a goal of reducing at least 30% in the demand for non-renewable primary energy. This decrease is related to fundamental aspects such as lighting, heating, air conditioning, and ventilation. The purpose of this transformation goes beyond mere reduction of energy consumption; it also seeks to create a more suitable environment for athletes, guaranteeing comfort conditions that promote their performance.
In the CAR of Madrid, energy rehabilitation works are in full swing. One of the main interventions is being carried out in the Sports Medicine Center, where medical care is provided to high-level athletes. Additionally, the Outdoor Pavilion is being renovated to become a Center of Excellence in Sports Innovation. Energy rehabilitation works are also being carried out in the athletics module and in the Blume Residence, which houses 300 athletes who receive scholarships from the CSD.
In the CAR of Sierra Nevada, geothermal facilities are being implemented, and the current thermal facilities will be replaced. Meanwhile, in León, work is being done on the energy rehabilitation of existing facilities, thus contributing to the overall improvement of the sports environment in the country. These initiatives are part of Component 26 of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, aimed at boosting the sports sector in Spain.
It is worth noting that Spain is the only country in the European Union that has emphasized the importance of sports as a driving policy, allocating 300 million euros to this sector. The work in the three centers is scheduled to be completed by 2025, when the CSD plans to complete its “Plan for the ecological transition of sports facilities,” which includes measures for modernization in energy efficiency, sustainability, digitization, and accessibility.
Referrer: MiMub in Spanish
