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The Consell Català de l'Esport will meet in a round table discussion with the Diputació de Barcelona, the City Council of Tarragona and the Institut Barcelona Esports de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona to share the challenges for the future of public swimming pools in Catalonia.

Based on the analysis of the current situation in the different administrations, the round table will discuss the lessons learned from the pandemic and explain how swimming pools should be in the 21st century, exemplified by the projects they are developing. This transparency exercise is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 17, which establishes the need to build partnerships to achieve them.

Pools for All is a guide that offers standardized tools for the Design, Construction and Management of a wide range of Aquatic Centers, adapted to the requirements of the different aquatic disciplines and to the needs of the citizens.

The presentation is developed in THREE blocks, whose main theme revolves around the transversal vision of efficiency. The first one places us in the implementation of new regulations and the application of adequate design criteria. The second one places us in the current state, after a quick overview of concepts that limit efficiency in operation, we highlight the importance of the operation and maintenance phase. The third introduces us to new technologies and the implementation of SMART solutions.

We will mention its history and we will develop the content of the Swimming Pool Standards.

Now that the NIDE Swimming Pool Rules have been updated, we would like to show these documents as information and help tools.

- The purpose of the Regulatory Norms is to standardize, layout, solar orientation, lighting, type of sports surfaces and non-personal sports equipment, for the subsequent use of the Project Norms.
- The Project Standards have a triple purpose:
- To serve as a reference for the realization of any sports facility project.
- To provide useful conditions for the planning of sports facilities.
- To define the design conditions considered to be the most suitable in terms of establishing standardized types of sports facilities.

In this session we will present the main results of the Swimming Pool Sector Barometer in Spain 2021, in which you will be able to know the business evolution of the companies in the sector, their perspectives, the best-selling products and services and those that are expected to be protagonists in the next season, the business perspective of the sector and other novelties of this 2021 edition.

Workshop to identify the elements for improvement in the management of the facility according to the model established by the Quality Seal.

Register in advance for the workshop by clicking on the following link: 

https://www.coplefc.cat/forms/inscripcio-per-a-que-serveix-que-la-meva-installacio-tingui-el-segell-de-qualitat-salo-de-piscina-wellness/357

Swimming pools are an irreplaceable space for leisure, fun, relaxation and sensory pleasure providing physical and emotional well-being for children and adults alike. The session aims to achieve the following objectives:

- How can we introduce swimming pool innovations that put the aquatic proposition at the heart of an exciting value proposition?

- How can we innovate aquatic solutions to boost their potential as places to relax and pamper oneself?

Swimming pools are highly valued spaces which promote health through the development and recovery of physical activity. The session aims to achieve the following objectives:

- How can we innovate aquatic spaces to expand and improve their capacity for sport at all levels and in every way possible?

- How can we innovate in the use of aquatic spaces as places for therapeutic treatment for people with special needs, rehabilitation, muscle strengthening, etc.?

Swimming pools are spaces for social integration, a place where people learn to swim, get to know each other and relate to each other in equality and diversity. The session aims to achieve the following objectives:

- How can we promote water literacy as a basic right of citizenship, inclusion and social integration?

- How can we promote real access to aquatic spaces for all groups as a basic right of citizenship, inclusion and social integration?

Tourism and sport are two fundamental pillars for the implementation and dissemination of the Sustainable Development Goals on a global scale. We’ll discuss the importance of promoting responsible, sustainable and accessible tourism and how the WTO offers leadership and support to the sector to increase knowledge and promote policies that enable economic growth with inclusive development and the necessary environmental sustainability. Sport is also a major facilitator in sustainable development, increasingly contributing to making development and peace a reality by promoting tolerance and respect, empowering women, young people, individuals and communities, as well as working towards health, education and social inclusion goals. The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN in its Spanish initials) will tell us about the projects they are working on to improve sustainable development in pool-based sports.

Swimming pools play a key role in outdoor leisure environments. In this round-table discussion we’ll see how designers approach this as well as hear about recent experiences in the world of camping, tourist accommodation set in natural environments in which integrated aquatic and outdoor facilities play a vital role.

Architectural and engineering software tools based on the Business Information Modelling (BIM) methodology have been mandatory in Spain since January 2020 in all public facilities and infrastructures for both new constructions and restoration projects. This round-table discussion will give a brief introduction to what this methodology entails, and we will then see specific examples of how the swimming pool environment and its facilities, especially in the case of public swimming pools, are integrated into other architectural projects and with other types of infrastructures.

Integral safety in aquatic facilities is based on 3 fundamental pillars: physical safety (facilities and constructions that must comply with all current regulatory requirements), operational safety (based on the definition of a series of procedures that enable the effective management and supervision of the facility) and health safety (focused on compliance with the required health and hygiene regulations). All of these must be taken into account when designing and constructing an aquatic facility and there can be no compromises if we want to ensure maximum safety for the end user. We will look at specific examples of how to improve each of these aspects.

The concept of sustainability needs to be translated into specific measures and actions. If we focus on the public swimming pool environment, one factor to improve sustainability focuses on energy efficiency. There are two types of consumption with particular significance: energy consumption and water consumption. Today we will review both areas of action, with an emphasis on how to be more energy efficient and how to reduce water consumption and even reuse water that traditionally just goes down the drain.