PROJECT EXAMPLES

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS

Background

The Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (mainly located in the Prague 8 municipal district) is one of the most prestigious research and scientific institutions in the Czech Republic. It is involved in various scientific and research activities which require a comprehensive, well controlled environment in which different parts of its building have to be concurrently heated and cooled in a cost-effective manner.  

Main project goal


To design a heating and cooling system for the new building of the innovation center Brain 4 Industry at Dolní Břežany, as well as its subsequent installation.


Project content


FOSOTRA GROUP provided the following services:  

creating a design for the system based on

and getting its approval by all the legally prescribed authorities,

procurement of materials and equipment (specified in the approved documentation),

selection and supervision of suppliers carrying out the installation of the system,

commissioning of the new system and supervising its operation over the test period.

ALBERTINUM ŽAMBERK

Background


Albertinum Žamberk is an in-patient healthcare facility specialized in patients with long-term and/or incurable illnesses, as well as patients requiring palliative care. Albertinum is located in the small town Žamberk (in eastern Bohemia).


Clients of Albertinum Žamberk come from all over the Czech Republic. 

Energy was originally secured as follows:

Main project goal


To design and implement a new system of heat production and to upgrade the internal distribution network for hot water (for both heating rooms as well warming up utility water).


Project content


FOSOTRA GROUP provided the following services:  

creating the designs for   

and getting their approval by all the legally prescribed authorities,

procurement of materials and equipment (specified in the approved documentation),

selection and supervision of suppliers carrying out the reconstruction.

SCREWS & WIRE LIBČICE

Background


Screws & Wire Libčice a.s. is a mechanical engineering company with a history of more than 150 years, located in the small town Libčice nad Vltovavou (approx. 15 km north-west of Prague). Screws & Wire Libčice produces special screws, bespoke designed machine parts, drawn wire, as well as tools for both hot and cold forming.  The company’s production facilities span a total area of more than 65,000 m2.


Energy was originally secured as follows:

• power from the public grid, 

• heat from a local boiler room, 

• cooling from local air-conditioning (powered by electricity from the public grid).

Main project goal


To design and implement a general overhaul of the steam-producing boiler room (heat output 3.9 MWth) and the pipelines supplying steam to individual production workshops.  

Project content

FOSOTRA GROUP provided the following services:  

creating designs for:   

and getting their approval by all the legally prescribed authorities,

procurement of materials and equipment (specified in the approved documentation),

selection and supervision of suppliers carrying out the reconstruction,

commissioning the new system and supervising its operation over the test period.

OUTPATIENT CLINIC – JIŽNÍ MĚSTO


Background


The Outpatient Clinic Jižní Město is a healthcare facility with a gross floor area of over 4,000 m2 which provides all kinds of healthcare for outpatients who are mostly inhabitants of Municipal District Prague 4 (Prague’s most populous district with total number of approx. 131,000 inhabitants). 


Energy was originally secured as follows:

• power from the public grid,

• heat from a central network fed from the power plant in Mělník (burning brown coal),

• cooling from local air-conditioning (powered by electricity from the public grid).

Main project goal


To design and implement a new control system for individual temperature regulation in particular rooms/groups of rooms to decrease the cost of the consumed thermal energy. 


Project content


FOSOTRA GROUP delivered the following services:  

creating designs for   

and getting their approval by the client,

procurement of materials and equipment (specified in the approved documentation),

selection and supervision of suppliers carrying out the installation of the system,  

commissioning of the new system and supervising its operation over the test period.


Outlook


It is planned that the Outpatient Clinic Jižní Město will become a part of projected Energy District Prague–South (please refer to the Energy District Prague–South Case Study). As a result, future energy supplies will be newly secured from the sources of this ED, thereby guaranteeing that the energy consumed at this facility will be low carbon emission energy, and ultimately zero carbon emission energy.  

JANKA  RADOTÍN

Background


Janka Radotín a.s. is a mechanical engineering company with a history of more than 150 years. It produces HVAC components and systems, as well as industrial heat exchangers. Janka Radotín a.s. is located in Radotin, a borough in the south-west outskirts of Prague. The production facilities of Janka Radotín cover area of approx. 11,000 m2.


Energy is supplied as follows:

• power from the public grid,

• heat from an external boiler room (burning natural gas),

• cooling from local air-conditioning (powered by electricity from the public grid).

Main project goal


To design and implement a more efficient heat distribution system within production workshops covering a total floor area of approx. 9,000 m2. 


Project content


FOSOTRA GROUP delivered the following services:  

creating designs for:

and securing its approval from all legally prescribed authorities,

procurement of materials and equipment (specified in the approved documentation),

selection and supervision of suppliers carrying out the reconstruction,

commissioning the new system and supervising its operation over the test period.


Outlook


Setting up the Energy District Radotín, which would deliver heat from locally built high-tech glass houses is currently under consideration. If realized, low carbon emission energy (ultimately zero carbon emission) would also be supplied to Janka Radotín a.s. 

LOGISTICS PARK LÍBEZNICE


Background


Logistics Park Líbeznice is located in the village of Líbeznice, approx. 2 km outside Prague (to the north, in the vicinity of highway D8). The total acreage of the logistics park is approx. 8.5 ha. The companies Julius Meinl Czech a.s. and Jan Becher a.s. are the anchor tenants of Logistics Park Líbeznice.


Energy was originally secured as follows:

• power from the public grid,

• heat from a local boiler room (powered by natural gas),

• cooling from local air-conditioning (powered by electricity from the public grid).

Main project goal


To design and implement a more efficient system for producing thermal energy and its distribution within various buildings/parts of buildings in the logistics park.


Project content


FOSOTRA GROUP provided the following services:  

creating designs for:

and getting its approval by all the legally prescribed authorities,

procurement of materials and equipment (specified in the approved documentation),

selection and supervision of suppliers carrying out the reconstruction,

commissioning the new system and supervising its operation over the test period.