Pozalagua Karranza Environmental Center (Bizkaia)

Geothermal exchange system for the air conditioning of the Pozalagua Cave Environmental Center building in Karranza (Bizkaia). The installation covers the entire thermal demand of the new facilities that have been built in the old Pozalagua quarry.

Characteristics

• Category

  New construction

• Promoter

  Repair

• Geological material

  Urgonian limestones

• Heated surface

  3.650 m²

• Thermal production

  Heat pump

• GIS Power

  Heating: 20.6 kW (100% of peak load)

• GIS Covered Demand

  Heating: 15 MWh/year (100%)

• Geothermal exchange circuit

  375 m drilling under garden

• Distribution

  2 pipes

• Issuers

  Radiating floor

• Expected energy savings

  4.1 MWh/year (-49%)

• Commissioning

  2011