The first thing you encounter when turning off the road towards the Basta rehabilitation facility in Nykvarn is, since August this year, a solar park.
The ground installation is now only awaiting connection point to start producing solar energy and Alexander Backström, responsible project manager at SBP, explains that the collaboration has been a key factor for the project to run smoothly since the project started in June.
– They took early responsibility to prepare the surface and make the area ready for us to then step in and start working on a complete technical delivery, he says.
Basta as an organization has high sustainability requirements and wants to follow the global climate goals within the framework of its operations. They run a work-oriented addiction rehabilitation and have framework agreements with 150 municipalities and the correctional service. They describe the care as social entrepreneurship, which, among other things, means that Basta is largely run by people who have themselves undergone rehabilitation at their rehabilitation center.
Since the ground installation is the first thing visitors encounter, it has been important to make the facility aesthetically pleasing and let it follow the natural patterns of the land. This, in combination with taking into account the nature's vegetation and animal life, is what distinguishes the project from the otherwise more common roof installations.
– Just the fact that it is an actor who wanted to make such an investment because of a genuine sustainable interest makes it extra impressive. For me as a project manager, this feels extra valuable for just those reasons and would like to take the opportunity to praise Basta's desire to make the world a better place.
