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25 professionals including engineers, architects, designers and draughtsman, 4 sector directors and over 70 specialised workers
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Veragouth and Xilema adopts Minergie
The top choice in terms of environmental sustainability
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Responsibility for the future
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The top choice in terms of environmental sustainability
Minergie is the Swiss construction standard for new and refurbished buildings on energy quality and living comfort. A reflection of the state of the art in terms of environmental sustainability and maintenance of value over time, because a Minergie building is ready for the future today, anticipating expectations, needs and conditions.
A Minergie certified building is a building that breathes, has lower energy costs and lower CO2 emissions. A Minergie building has high thermal comfort, is warm in winter and cool in summer, has a systematic air exchange, is healthy and noiseless. In a Minergie building you live better and work better. This is why Veragouth and Xilema build with Minergie: because nothing better than wood adapts to the principles Minergie is based on.
The Minergie construction standard includes three certifications, which differ in energy efficiency of the building: Minergie, Minergie–P and Minergie–A.
Minergie is aimed at builders and designers with above-average needs in terms of quality, comfort and energy. Compared to the requirements of the 2014 MoPEC cantonal model regulations for energy matter, the energy efficiency is 20% higher.
Minergie–P are low-energy consumption buildings that are distinguished by high-grade envelopes and optimal comfort. With the addition of the ECO complement, the health and ecology of the building are accounted for.
Minergie–A buildings produce more energy than they consume, thus combining living comfort with maximum energy independence.
"We are proud to have delivered beautiful buildings in perfect alignment with Minergie standards”
Two examples of Veragouth and Xilema certified Minergie projects are the Kindergarten in Cassarate (Minergie-P) and the new Agroscope agronomic research station in Cadenazzo (Minergie-P-ECO). “When we work on Minergie standard projects – explains Valerio Casati, Minergie manager of Veragouth and Xilema –, we have our technical department collaborating with plant specialists from RVCS-Elettrico in the design phase, in order to guarantee optimal coordination between the structural and plant parts.
During the installation phase we take particular care of all sealing of the prefabricated elements and windows, so that the building can be successfully tested through a blower door test. We also guarantee the thermal transmittance parameters required by the energy certificate. In both projects, further complexity stemmed from exposed structural elements (hard wood as part of the load-bearing component) requiring to be sealed and protected until completion; so we are proud to have delivered beautiful buildings in perfect alignment with Minergie standards”.
Photo: Roberto Mucchiut, Alessandra Chemollo