BRICKER – High Energy-Efficient and Cost-Effective Methods of Refurbishing Public Buildings

Within the scope of this EU-FP7- BRICKER project, 13 million euros are invested in three different buildings in Europe, including the main block at Adnan Menderes University (ADU) Application and Research Hospital in Aydin, Turkey. The ADU building's performance is to be monitored for two years and the performances qualifying to be energy-efficient operations are to be documented. After the completion of the project, the building is expected to produce its own electricity and meet its heating and cooling needs. To this end, the project incorporates high performance insulation material adsorption chiller, organic rankine cycle and parabolic solar collectors. This work sets an example of how a complicated building energy efficiency can be improved by using active and passive applications. By the end of the project, energy consumption and energy imports of up to 300,000 Euro per year is expected to be reduced, which will positively contribute to the expenditures of the hospital and to the environment. The BRICKER project has contributed to the achievement of such objectives as clean energy and sustainable cities and communities as well as related sub-objectives by embodying the feasibility of such buildings, the making process and related financial efforts. Moreover, it has provided the related audience with an opportunity of comparison by real-time monitoring.