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Long-term environmental view with clever solutions
Those of us involved in creating the Waterfront Building understood at an early stage that current environmental issues would need to have a central role throughout the whole project. A large number of different standards and certifications already exist and others are being developed. We follow an environmental programme for the demolition and new construction based on life-cycle costs, which means that we take the entire life-cycle of the building into consideration. This building, which is newly constructed, will meet very stringent environmental requirements, based on a holistic philosophy in regard to the environment.
‘Environmental’ for us means being resource and energy efficient from the demolition of the existing building, through the construction and tenanting of the new building, until the building can be altered to meet future tenant requirements without any major environmental impact. In practice, this involves a whole range of issues such as, how building waste/garbage is handled, creating of bicycle parking, energy efficiency, system for managing future tenant adaptations, sorting demolition waste materials at the source, logistics during construction, etc.
The property has a common recycling & garbage center which is shared with the hotel/congress centre in order to be as efficient as possible. Building waste/garbage is sorted into its different material types and then compressed. Storage and removal is carried out using a container system. The restaurant has a separate system in view of the more stringent requirements for food waste management
In recent years we have noticed increased requirements from tenants, and society in general, with respect to reducing energy consumption. In order to meet these demands, we have designed an efficient system for cooling the property with the help of water from the nearby Klara canal. We have also developed a control system for the electricity and ventilation systems. Each floor of the building can individually be shut down after normal office hours and still be on "standby" for full operation during weekends.
In conclusion, we would like to emphasise that the property will be classified as a "green building" and beat the requirements for a modern property.
