El Centro de Educación e Información Ambiental.
La administración de la Reserva de la Biosfera Vidzeme Norte (NVBR) ha completado la construcción de la Educación Ambiental y el Centro de Información con un área potencial de 675m2 en el pueblo de Salacgriva. Se espera que este centro para ofrecer a los residentes locales, empresas, Photo Gallery. Ya, a project of the environment-friendly building in the Biosphere Reservation (BR) on the north of Latvia (Vidzeme) has been accomplished. The BR covers the area of Salacas River − a temperate forest zone characteristic of the Baltic Sea coastal ecosystems. Its land area is 4577km2, with the population of about 80 000 personas. Half its area is covered by forests and 15% by wetlands. The reservation includes 167.5 km2 of the Gulf of Riga coastal aquatorium.
The Environmental Education and Information Centre building were completed in 2009. Photo Gallery. The Centre will serve as a model for the use of environment-friendly renewable energy. According to the project, the heating-andcooling equipment was installed for geothermal energy use and solar collectors – for preparing hot water. Energy savings through compression modular equipment were used in the reverse cycle heating of the building and solar collectors − for hot water production up to 90 MWh/ year. A consecuencia, the following was achieved:
• CO2 reduction (taking fossil fuel use as the basis) − 56.6 toneladas / año.
• Number of holes drilled for space heating and cooling − 11;
• Solar collector’s area for production of 500 l hot water − 18 m2 Such systems are highly efficient, Photo Gallery, Education and Information Centre. Although there are some Backlogs, however system works and functions in full.
Fuente: Policy and Strategy aspects for Renewable Energy Sources use in Latvia | By Peteris Shipkovs1, Uldis Pelite, Galina Kashkarova1, Kristina Lebedeva1, Lana Migla, Janis Shipkovs | PDF
