11:48 GPP BUSINESS PARK "Goeppert-Mayer" - an innovative green office building | |
| On the 30th of August 2012, The Upper Silesian Industrial Park in
Katowice (GPP) opened Poland’s first energy-efficient building with the
tri-generation system. The state-of-the-art building was named
"Goeppert-Mayer” in memory of Maria Goeppert-Mayer, a Nobel laureate in
physics born in Katowice. "The technologies used in the building qualify for the highest possible assessment level under the prestigious sustainable building certification system BREEAM. The building is not only environmentally friendly but also cost-effective. We expect that energy consumption in our building will be about 40-50 percent less than in typical A class office buildings, without compromising the full comfort of the tenants," said Mirosław Czarnik, President of the Upper Silesian Industrial Park in Katowice. The 7,800 sqm building took 18 months to build. The cost of the project, including a 3,000 sqm underground parking and landscaping, was about PLN 39 million. Analyses show that total savings during the use of the building will be about 48 percent. Most savings will be associated with reduced consumption of heat energy and the energy required to produce cold air. This is possible thanks to the innovative tri-generation system. Energy, meaning electricity, heat and cold air, is generated from natural gas in the building, which helps reduce transfer loss and use the original fuel more efficiently. "With the complex systems we have, we achieve the best economic parameters. The payback period of the project depends on how many things we combine into one. The rate of return of the tri-generation system applied in the GPP building was analysed very carefully. Based on the analysis, we expect that the payback period should be no longer than 4-6 years," said Łukasz Sajewicz from Viessmann Polska, supplier of the system. An equally important element of an energy-efficient building is a high-efficiency ventilation and heat recovery system. "Air conditioning and ventilation are usually very costly in office buildings. By applying modern systems, we are able to optimise these costs," said Wojciech Machowski from Swegon, supplier of the ventilation system. "The fact that GPP is applying for the OUTSTANDING rating according to the BREEAM Post Construction method of environmental certification of buildings means that the project owner is extremely ambitious and wants to comply with the highest standards of sustainable construction. In order to qualify as outstanding, a building must comply with more than 85 percent of all certification criteria designed to verify whether it is environmentally friendly and guarantees high comfort of the tenants. This will be the first office building in Europe to achieve the highest BREEAM assessment rating. We are happy to have been chosen to prepare the project and the building for the BREEAM environmental certification process," added Marek Dąbrowski, certification process manager at Buro Happold. An original building management system (BMS) will analyse the respective elements of the system relevant to the energy efficiency level and comfort of the tenants. Another equally functional feature of the building is an intelligent light and exterior blinds control system. "Goeppert-Mayer” is the first of the four office buildings in the GPP BUSINESS PARK complex. The other buildings will be named after three other Silesian Noble laureates and famous scientists: Otto Stern, Kurt Alder, and Konrad Bloch. Source: europaproperty.com | |
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