Our recipe for success: reducing costs while improving efficiency and tenant satisfaction

• Political instability, social tension and an economic and resource crisis, led Sonae Sierra to design a strategic sustainability efficiency plan for the Parque D. Pedro Shopping to drive down its energy and water costs, thus reducing common charges for tenants.
• Highly committed to the sustainable operation of the centre, the management team designed a plan that includes six main actions to optimise the use of these resources in the shopping centre’s day-to-day operations.

Several actions were implemented, previously identified in our energy and water programme audits, Bright & Dive:

• Changes to the Mall Water Matrix;
• Automation system to control the parameters of the HVAC system’s efficiency;
• Change the Cooling Tower Fillers;
• Retrofit of a System Chiller;
• Installation of a film to increase the retention of solar irradiation in skylights to address the problems associated with solar heat gain and glare and winter heat loss;
• Improvements to the Building Management System (BMS).