Faculty of Arts of the UPV/EHU (Vitoria-Gasteiz)

Closed vertical geothermal system that supplies renewable thermal energy to a heat pumps. This heat pump increase the temperature for heating, supported by natural gas boilers.

Characteristics

• Category

  Renovation

• Promoter

  University of the Basque Country

• Geological material

  Marls and marly limestones

• Heated surface

  7.700 m²

• Thermal production

  Ground source heat pump
  Natural Gas boilers

• GIS Power

  Heating: 350 kW (45% of peak load)

• GIS Covered Demand

  Heating: 553 MWh (85%)

• Geothermal exchange circuit

  6,300 m: 42 boreholes x 150 m

• Distribution

  2 pipes

• Issuers

  Radiators

• Expected energy savings

  606 MWh PE/year (-56%)

• Commissioning

  January 2025