Máxima Medisch Centrum, situated in Veldhoven, is being modernised and renovated. Strukton Worksphere has been involved in this since as early as 2006. The design team designed the extensions to the infrastructure for this new building.
Extending and improving systems
The existing facilities were not up to providing the new building with tap water, electrics, heating and cooling, and medical gases. That is why Strukton Worksphere is working on extending and improving the systems. Strukton Worksphere is installing a sustainable energy storage system for the cooling and heating: heat and cold energy storage underground. This system requires two boreholes about 80 metres deep.
Tight schedule and close consultation
Work started in November. It is worth noting that the hospital is running as usual while Strukton Worksphere is working on the energy and infrastructure facilities. Working in this way requires a tight schedule and close consultation with the client.
Máxima Medisch Centrum is expected to start using the energy storage system in the first quarter of 2011. The system will allow the hospital to save no less than 1,040 tons of CO2 emissions. That is the equivalent of the gas and electricity consumption of 160 households, or equivalent to saving 52,200 trees.