In discussing linguistic landscape, we refer to the language –or languages– present on street signs, shop windows, restaurant menus displayed outside, or ephemeral signage, such as announcements of cultural events or papers stuck on street furniture offering domestic services. The study of the linguistic landscape was inaugurated in 1997 with the English article by Landry and Bourhis, which in Catalan would be Linguistic Landscape and Ethnolinguistic Vitality: An Empirical Study. These authors use the term to analyze the visibility and relevance of languages in shops and advertisements, based on the observation of written linguistic uses in the public space of Quebec. Their fundamental contribution was to consider geographical space as another domain of linguistic use, that is, as a platform for the sociolinguistic study of languages. Subsequently, the study of the physical landscape was joined by the sound linguistic landscape, which expands the concept to encompass everything that is heard in urban centers. Who among us has not stopped to listen, walking through the streets of Palma or our town, to notice which languages are spoken there? Sometimes, you smile inwardly with joy when you hear young people speaking good Catalan on Sant Miquel street.

The Government presented this Thursday thePhotovoltaic Atlas of the Balearic Islands, an interactive digital tool that allows users to determine the photovoltaic potential of the roofs of all buildings and properties on the islands. This initiative advances environmental sustainability and energy self-sufficiency without generating additional land consumption. Through this application, anyone can consult the maximum and optimal number of panels that a property or building can accommodate, the estimated investment, the percentage of self-sufficiency, the expected annual savings, and the return on investment period.