The new building will bear the BREEAM ‘Very Good’ label, awarded to biodiversity-friendly buildings with low grey energy and low water consumption.
environmental objectives and indicators reference of competition :
2009/S 169-244462
date of competition :
11.01.2010
Like other companies, Elia has environmental obligations to meet in relation to its activities. For a transmission system operator, these obligations relate in particular to the decontamination of polluted soil, waste disposal, installing transformer tanks to prevent oil discharge, and compliance with noise regulations and legislation on greenhouse gas emissions and asbestos. Elia also has a duty to set an example in terms of the rational use of energy and the conservation and protection of nature. It must also ensure that its facilities and investment projects are accepted by the community, in terms of their human and environmental impact as well as their cost-effectiveness (i.e. their the cost to the community at large). With this in mind, Elia has undertaken various initiatives such as planting native species in the corridors beneath overhead lines, environmental offsetting measures and energy audits at high-voltage substations and administrative sites. The main environmental indicators that are relevant to Elia’s activities and their development over time are detailed hereafter.
ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION FOR ELIA NEW OFFICE FACILITY
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1. Energy RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SITES
Following an energy audit, the most efficient measures were identified to reduce the energy consumption at Elia headquarters and will be implemented in 2011. Electricity meters were installed at the administrative site on the Avenue de Vilvorde, near the port of Brussels, which plays host to the national control centre amongst other facilities, to identify optimally the factors behind high energy consumption. A complete study for a biomass cogeneration facility to supply the entire site was also carried out. The new building to be erected shortly on this site was designed adhering as closely as possible to the principles of sustainable construction. This building will not only be very energy-efficient (passive building), it will also bear the BREEAM ‘Very Good’ label, awarded to buildings that are healthy for their occupants, with low grey energy, low water consumption, and with a biodiversity-friendly arrangement of the plot. The application for a permit was filed in December 2010. ENERGY REDUCTION FOR THE HEATING OF HIGH-VOLTAGE SUBSTATIONS
Various audits and checks were carried out these last two years on the heating consumption of high-voltage substations. As heating was a major item of energy consumption, it was decided to install a new system for switching the heating on and off automatically from a mobile phone on a trial basis in 25 high-voltage substations. Thanks to this system, the temperature will be sufficiently high when the people who have to work there arrive, while limiting the heating at times when nobody is there.
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