Education and Sport Faculty of the UPV/EHU (Vitoria-Gasteiz)

Closed vertical geothermal system that supplies renewable thermal energy to two heat pumps. These heat pumps increase the temperature for heating and sanitary hot water (SHW), supported by natural gas boilers.

Characteristics

• Category

  Renovation

• Promoter

  University of the Basque Country

• Geological material

  Marls and marly limestones

• Heated surface

  3.570 m²

• Thermal production

  Ground source heat pumps
  Natural Gas boilers

• GIS Power

  Heating: 232 kW (56% of peak load)

• GIS Covered Demand

  Heating + SHW: 339 MWh (79%)

• Geothermal exchange circuit

  2,700 m: 18 boreholes x 150 m

• Distribution

  2 pipes

• Issuers

  Radiators

• Expected energy savings

  338 MWh PE/year (-51%)

• Commissioning

  January 2025