Eneco provides integral energy solution
De Rotterdam CV en Eneco ondertekenen vandaag het contract voor de levering van een integrale duurzame energieoplossing voor ‘De Rotterdam’. De Rotterdam CV, een samenwerkingsverband van MAB Development en OVG Projectontwikkeling ontwikkelt ‘De Rotterdam’, met 160.000 m2 het grootste nieuwbouwproject van Nederland.
De Rotterdam CV and Eneco are signing a contract today for the supply of an integral sustainable energy solution for ‘De Rotterdam’. De Rotterdam CV, a partnership of MAB Development and OVG Project Development, is developing ‘De Rotterdam’, with its 160,000m² the biggest construction project in the Netherlands.
For the supply of sustainable energy Eneco uses the possibilities provided by the location: the bank of the river Maas. Thus, Eneco provides Maas water cooling, heating and hot water from the local heat network. Sustainable electricity is generated on site by bio-cogeneration. With the use of sustainable solutions ‘De Rotterdam’ will be more energy-friendly than any comparable construction project.
In collaboration with De Rotterdam CV, Eneco is responsible for the entire heat and cold facility from design to realization, and invests in and takes care of all permits required for the sustainable heat and cold installation and the bio-cogeneration. In addition, Eneco carries the performance risks and is responsible for the maintenance of the installations and their exploitation for the next 15 years (the total term of the contract).
‘De Rotterdam’ is under construction on the bank of the river Maas at the Wilhelmina Pier in Rotterdam. This multifunctional building was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas. The three towers house a special mix of functions that render the building a vertical city that never sleeps. The building will boast 220 apartments, a 4-star hotel, offices, a health club, various shops, cafés and restaurants ─ the scene where 3,000 to 4,000 people will be living, working, shopping and recreating. The apartments in ‘De Rotterdam’ include floor heating as well as floor cooling. The other functions will be provided with low-temperature heating and high-temperature cooling. The sustainable energy supply saves space, as radiators, central-heating boilers and air-conditioning are no longer required. To reduce energy consumption even further, the offices will be fitted out with presence detection, high-efficiency lighting and daylight switching. In 2013, ‘De Rotterdam’, with a view of the impressive skyline of the city, will be the perfect meeting place at the pier.
“We are proud to be involved in this unique project,” says Herman Exalto, director of Eneco Heat & Cold. “For the ‘De Rotterdam’ construction project Eneco brings all possibilities for sustainable local energy production to bear. This project is an example of what an energy provider and its client can achieve together. For the next decade, this building will be the ultimate symbol of what can be done in the field of energy-conscious construction.”
“From the initial stage onwards, sustainability has played a key role in the development of ‘De Rotterdam’,” says Mischa Molsbergen, director of De Rotterdam CV. “We have used an integral sustainability approach by not only taking the aspects we take for granted into account, like high comfort demands and saving energy. Also the multifunctional programme intended for the social cohesion, the high building density, the attractive and easily accessible location and the logistic aspect (supply of materials by the river Maas) play a major part in the sustainability of ‘De Rotterdam’. The close cooperation with key stakeholders like the municipality of Rotterdam is one of the reasons why the sustainability rating for the office functions (GreenCalc A) is in conformity with the sustainability ambitions of the municipality of Rotterdam.”