Skive's new town hall and library is built with the goal to save energy and avoid CO2 emissions.
Project description
Overall, there is 10,700 m2, where the use of alternative energy sources and use of energy-saving measures have made it possible to reduce energy from traditional fossil fuels to what that corresponds to a house of approx. 130 m2. This could produce a global CO2 emission from energy facilities (electricity and heat) of approx. 25% compared with a traditionally built town hall/library.
The alternative energy sources consist of:
- A 265 square meter large photovoltaic down on the roof where the heat goes to space heating, heating hot water and solar cooling
- Three rebuilt diesel engines for rapeseed oil operation on each of 25 KW power
- An absorption cooler of 105 KW, which uses solar energy to operate cooling process in which cooling water is used for ventilation and cooling of server rooms
- In winter, recyclable waste from the more than 1000 m2 outdoor skating rink is used for the heating of the town hall and library
Financing
In 2004, Skive town council allocated 5,100,000 DKK to construct the "Green Package" to make the town hall CO2-neutral. Construction may still be attributed to ca. 300,000 DKK as pipelines to the Post Office Square had changed. The investments have a combined payback of approx. 10 years.
Status and results
We will continue to expand in the town hall with new CO2 and energy-saving systems. Most recently, we developed control systems, as plant production and maintenance must be kept under control.