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eCo-FRienDly solutions
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by: søren flott / photo: lasse hyldager
energy-saving
it is easy to talk about eco-friendly solutions when new hospitals are being designed, but when the work really gets started, you need to decide on some priorities. they know all about that in the Medical Centre in aalborg, which was finished in 2005.
The medical centre in aalborg
J
ust look at this room! Look at how the light plays on the glass and the aluminium!"
Even though Niels Uhrenfeldt, head of construction projects for the North Denmark Region, has stood in one of the Medical Centre's courtyard gardens before, his enthusiasm is obvious. An elongated pool reflects the sun and the clear blue late-summer sky, while a gentle breeze rustles the leaves on a couple of trees planted on small islands. Above our heads, the light and shadow constantly alter the play of colours in the giant window panels towering above us, which bring daylight right into the Medical Centre's building and to the patients waiting for out-patient treatment on the lowest storeys.
But the architecture does not just provide pleasant surroundings for the patients and staff; if you let your gaze drift upwards, you catch sight of two rows of small windows. Together, these comprise a free and CO2-neutral ventilation system, in which warm air rises and is expelled through the uppermost windows, while fresh, cooler air flows in through the lower ones. In addition to this, the large glass panels provide optimum exploitation of the natural light. "We also have an automatic on/off function. Sometimes people turn on the lights when they arrive at work, and don't turn them off until they go home again. Here the lights turn on automatically when someone comes in, and turn themselves off when they are no longer needed," says Niels Uhrenfeldt.
patients and staFF Climate-friendly, green solutions were not, however, at the top of the agenda when the Medical Centre was on the drawing-board at the end of the 1990s. The primary aim was to create a building for medical patients which would be characterised by inclusiveness and flexibility, and equipped with a decor and surroundings that would help people to heal faster. "But it is after all only common sense to save on energy use, so we opted for eco-friendly solutions wherever possible but without compromising on the most important goal: to provide the greatest possible comfort for patients and staff," Niels Uhrenfeldt explains.
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