IKEA Ljubljana spans 22,000 square meters of retail space, offering more than 9,500 home furnishing products at affordable prices.
Area
Buildings
Solutions
Challenges
The project involved strict adherence to internal norms and BREEAM certification, utilizing advanced technologies not commonly found in the region. These include concrete core activation, passive cooling with groundwater, heating and cooling via thermal shafts and air quality regulation in individual rooms, methods mainly typical of Scandinavian countries.
Solutions
A high level of system integration is required for sustainable and efficient building operation, managed by a Central Control System (CCS). This system oversees:
- Indoor air quality based on CO2 levels
- Groundwater energy management (two well pumps)
- Control of a complex heating/cooling station (two water-to-water heat pumps, media preparation and distribution)
- Concrete core activation control
- Six air-conditioning units
- Ventilation, heating and cooling system controls (cooling shafts, volume regulators, duct heaters)
- Monitoring of kitchen exhaust systems
- Control of all electrical circuits (lighting, forklift chargers, general consumers)
- Energy and media consumption monitoring
- Air curtain system management
- Waste heat recovery system control
- Various support systems around the building
Results
The technologically advanced solutions, including the Central Control System (CCS), allow the energy-demanding and environmentally sensitive IKEA Ljubljana store to operate efficiently and sustainably, in line with rigorous sustainability principles and standards.
Photography source: Metronik arhiv