24 November
Bulgaria's Zagorka to build 2M leva green warehouse
Bulgarian brewery Zagorka, a unit of Dutch brewing group Heineken, will invest two million leva in the construction of a warehouse, the company said on November 23 2011.
The facility will be built on an area of 3000 sq m and will be certified under the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), the world's foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings.
Construction works are expected to be completed in April 2012.
The facility will be Heineken's first warehouse built and designed under BREEAM globally and the first such building in the country.
It will be equipped with fast-closing doors, reinforced insulation system for collecting and using rainwater and mostly natural lighting. The temperature in the warehouse will be maintained without cooling and heating systems but with the help of the fast-closing doors, improved insulation, natural ventilation and forced air circulation.
Zagorka will also ensure the efficient use of natural daylight by using LED technology and Solar Tube system, which will reduce electricity consumption. Expenditures for drinking water will also be lowered through the installation of a system for collecting and using rainwater.
The warehouse will also have a Building Management System (BMS), which will control the lighting, ventilation and fire protection systems so that energy consumption is minimal.
