Heat pump at Tirol Kliniken – energy used 3 times over

Challenge

The Tirol Kliniken GmbH needed a sustainable and efficient solution to use the waste heat from the clinic's operations to provide both heating and cooling.

At the same time, there was the challenge of establishing environmentally friendly alternatives for the expansion of the district heating supply in Innsbruck and further reducing CO₂ emissions.

Solution

In cooperation with TIGAS, a large heat pump was installed in the district heating centre at Innrain 96. The waste heat from the clinic is used to supply up to 1,200 households with district heating. In addition, the cooling energy generated is used to cool an institute of the University of Innsbruck. This innovative solution means that the return water from the well is used multiple times, increasing overall efficiency and saving around 3,800 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually. With a total output of 2.4 MW in heating mode and 1.4 MW in cooling mode, the heat pump in the district heating centre of the Tirol Kliniken in Innsbruck is one of the largest in Austria and represents a European flagship project for sustainable energy supply.

As a general contractor within the Elevion WP Tigas consortium, together with our sister company ETS Efficient Technical Solutions GmbH | member of Elevion, we were able to implement this project for SYNECOTEC – from selecting the regional electrical engineer to installing the large-scale heat pump.

Location

Innrain 96
6020 Innsbruck