Ter Potterie is a care home in Bruges, Belgium, completed in 2016. 

It consists of 121 rooms, nursing stations, living room/lounge areas, bathrooms and storage areas, surrounding a central garden area. Space heating is delivered by a geothermal system linked to a heat pump.

BUILDING DATA

Building location:

Bruges, BE

Building type:

Care home

Completion date:

May 2016

Certifications:

Conditioned floor area:

10,000 m² (area that is heated and or cooled)

ENERGY EMISSION SYSTEMS

Energy:

Geothermal heat pump and condensing boiler

Heating:

Main – CCA via geothermal HP (186 kWth) Secondary heating - condensing boiler (580 kWth)

Cooling:

Passive cooling using CCA (260 kWth)

Electricity:

Photovoltaics (82 kWp as roof tiles)