Since 1624, Uppsala Akademiförvaltning has taken care of several of the city's properties and has several historic buildings in the stock. For many years now, they have invested in sustainable development and some have been based on solar energy. "We manage our properties with a long-term perspective, which makes this type of investment extra interesting", reads the administration's official sustainability strategy on solar cells and energy-saving measures.
We at SBP recently completed work on a 197 kW solar cell plant at Akademiförvaltning's property at Bangårdsgatan 8.
"Uppsala Akademiförvaltning has had energy efficiency work long before we entered the match and it is very fun to work with an actor who works so actively in sustainability. They are very well versed, which places high demands on me in the dialogue and makes it particularly constructive," says Marcus Wicén.
The building, which houses the World Health Organisation and Sveriges Radio Uppsala office as well as a number of shops, is centrally located in the old university city and is surrounded by several historic buildings. The PV plant is one of central Uppsala's largest and the work was characterized by meeting the Academy Administration's high sustainability requirements.
"We had an extensive traffic closure plan where we could only take off by crane at certain times of the day. What is especially special is that, both from a time efficiency and sustainability point of view, we used a powerful and fully electric crane. Thanks to it, the work became particularly effective and we were able to take the work another step for the sake of sustainability.
Marcus Wicén is a Uppsala resident himself and it is often that he has walked and cycled past the building. It has given the project special added value for him personally.
"We are now screwing SBP on projects from Norrbotten in the north to Skåne in the south, but this is the first facility in Uppsala. For the first time I have been able to show the children what dad does during the day and it feels really fun.
