Euro-Rijn Real Estate and AWL Energy Logistics contribute to sustainability of Ikazia Hospital Rotterdam

Ikazia uses solar energy for more than 30% of the hospital's total electricity consumption. The remaining 70% of the electricity used by Ikazia Hospital comes from wind turbines. The Rotterdam hospital is the first Dutch hospital to make its business operations 100% sustainable with the help of an external solar park.

“All hospitals have high energy consumption,” says Matthijs de Vroed, Sustainability Officer at Ikazia. “Don't just consider lighting and heating, but especially air treatment systems, pumps and research equipment. They consume energy. Because it is not possible to generate this energy at our own roof, this combination of wind and solar energy, generated at other locations, is the perfect solution to operate on 100% green energy.”

Collaboration is a key to success

The collaborating parties regarding this agreement are: Ikazia Hospital Rotterdam, Sunrock as project developer of the solar roof projects, Euro-Rijn Real Estate together with AWL Energy Logistics, whose roof is used for energy generation, and Eneco as an intermediary for the supply.

Michiel Aandewiel, Commercial Manager Sunrock: "Thanks to the great collaboration, an unique result has been achieved. By adopting solar roofs, it is now possible to make the hospital's operations more sustainable and thus contribute to the Green Deal sustainable healthcare.”

Sustainability

The big advantage of solar parks on company roofs is that they don’t come at the expense of green areas. Biodiversity is not affected and the solar panels don’t  block rainwater, so the soil can still absorb it. Ard de Keijzer, Managing Director Euro-Rijn Real Estate: “Using the roof of our new building at the Rotterdam Maasvlakte for generating solar power perfectly complements the sustainability ambitions of our company.”