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EGM architects, our counterpart, gave us the basic building blocks for the design. They could prove that these blocks, placed in a certain relation to each other, worked very well in a hospital they designed which had a similar list of requirements. This was a strong prerequisite of USONA. The building blocks consist of a long block, the so called “hot floor” with all the high level medical functions (as the operating room and the intensive care) and two U-shaped blocks with the wards. In between these blocks a common space (the atrium) was needed, where the none medical functions could be realized such as the restaurant, the little store, the quite room, but also the patient registration.
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- Design is based on “Trias Energetica” - Optimising maintenance costs - Taking local circumstances into account (materials and climate) - Cooling by wind - Solar boilers - Minimize sunlight by shading - Good airtightness of the facade in relation to limiting moisture penetration - For “deep” cooling in relation to water balance twin coil in the air conditioning unit provided for warming up supply air by heat exchange with return air - Energy-saving lighting - Energy-saving cooling machines
Efficient use of remaining fossil energy
TRIAS ENERGETICA