The ‘raiffeisen corner’ was officially opened on June 8th on a small scale; the grand opening took place on June 10th with an open day and many highlights. With its new headquarters, the Raiffeisenbank St. Pölten eGen wants to set an important example for the region.
Modern workplaces are available to employees in the customer area as well as in the administration area. In the administration area, the office workplace is no longer tied to a specific seat – i.e. the employees can choose a free workplace and log into the system using QR codes at their desks. The desks can be ergonomically adjusted at the touch of a button. The building technology behind it is also coordinated. For example, the CO2 concentration is measured in the ventilation duct of the exhaust air – if this value rises, the air volume is automatically increased.
The building is heated and cooled by a brine-water heat pump and 28 ground probes, each of which protrudes 150m (vertical collectors) into the depth and has been thermally pressed. A large part of the building cooling can be done passively – i.e. only the circulating water that runs through the probes cools the entire complex. On hot summer days, the reversible heat pump becomes a cooler and ensures pleasant room temperatures. Due to the cramped space, the deep drillings were made under the floor slab in the 2nd basement, so that no additional space had to be taken up. The heat emission as well as the dissipation of heat (room cooling) takes place for the most part via component activation and trench heaters. A predictive control of the building forms the heart of the system; this takes weather forecasts into account, is extremely efficient and saves energy. A conventional split air conditioning system, which is very often classified as uncomfortable due to draft, does not exist in the entire building! There is also a photovoltaic system on the roof that generates electricity for the heat pump on site, among other things.
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