IED Kunsthal (Bilbao)

Closed vertical geothermal exchange system that supplies renewable thermal energy to a ground source heat pump, supported by an existing boiler. The heat pump operates to produce either heating or cooling.

Characteristics

• Category

  Renovation

• Promoter

  Energy Services Company: TELURTECH
  User: IED KUNSTHAL BILBAO

• Thermal production

  Ground source heat pumps
  Backup natural gas boiler

• GIS Power

  Heating: 111 kW (64% of the peak load)
  Cooling: 90 kW (76% of the peak load)

• GIS Covered Demand

  Heating: 142 MWh/year (91%)
  Cooling: 81 MWh/year (99%)

• Geothermal exchange circuit

  1,650 m: 11 borehole x 150 m

• Distribution

  2 pipes

• Issuers

  Radiant floor and air conditioning units

• Expected energy savings

  170 MWh PE/year (-53%)

• Commissioning

  June 2025