The Marble Pier is a jointly-delivered project by Ramboll and Henning Larsen for AP Pension.
At eight storeys and 36 meters tall, and covering 28,000 square metres, the Marble Pier will be one of the largest timber buildings ever constructed in Denmark and home to some of the most sustainable offices built with existing technology.
The building will save 9,500 tonnes carbon emissions, as compared with a similar building made of concrete. Of that, 3,000 tonnes are avoided emission by using timber instead of concrete, and 6,500 tonnes emissions are sequestered by the timber.
Ramboll and Henning Larsen Architects, alongside the contractor Hoffmann, are the sole project designers for the Marble Pier, responsible for the multidisciplinary project from concept to construction and full life cycle assessment.
The Marble Pier is expected to receive the highest possible sustainability accreditations for buildings, namely, LEED, DGNB Platinum and Diamond; and the well-being certification WELL Platinum.
Located in a pier side development in Copenhagen, Denmark, construction of the Marble Pier began in 2021 and is expected to be completed by 2024.
The construction sector accounts for 40% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Ramboll is one of the leading engineering firms working with timber, helping lower the carbon footprint of conventional construction and sequestering carbon in buildings.
Location: Oslo, Norway
Client: Entra Ejendom AS
Contact: Sunniva Baarne
About the project
The eight-storey office building at Kristian August Gate 13 is an excellent example of a sustainable construction with its BREEAM-NOR-certification of ‘Very Good.’ The old office spaces were initially to be demolished, however, the developer decided to preserve the structure of the original building and reuse building materials from other projects. The overall aim of the project was aCO2-reduction of 50%, calculated in the Future-build Framework.
Key challenges
Amongst the most predominant challenges were the supply of used building materials, documentation of these materials, risk and responsibility management, logistics and cost. To meet the goals of CO2-reduction and reusable materials, Ramboll was engaged in structural engineering and building physics.
Outcome
Structures and materials from both the existing building as well as other projects were reused to complete the project. Rehub, Ramboll’s online marketplace, was responsible for the delivery of two building materials.The materials included concrete slabs assessed by Ramboll’s structural engineers as well as kitchen units and outdoor steel cladding found through Rehub. Teardown projects were used as resource databases and mapped by Rehub through which necessary information was reported to make preliminary choices. Ramboll’s structural engineer implemented used concrete slabs in the project while building physics assessed the technical properties of the building envelope.
Location: Uppsala, Sweden
Client: Vasakronan Uppsala City AB
Architects: White Arkitekter
Contact: Christian Zäll
About the project
In Uppsala, Vasakronan is building Sweden’s largest wooden office building, Magasin X, with a frame built entirely of wood. The building’s wooden frame will be visible to passers-by through its glass façade. The modern design, the surroundings and the proximity to a hub of public transport make it possible for Magasin X to become a sustainable benchmark for Uppsala in the long term.
Key challenges
The Magasin X project has ambitious environmental and energy goals that are reflected in a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification aiming at the highest rating: Platinum. Magasin X is, likewise, defined as a green asset according to the Vasakronan’s strict framework for green financing, making it possible to fund the project with green bonds and green loans.
Outcome
In the project, Ramboll has contributed with design support and environmental coordination services in relation to the LEED certification. By doing so, Ramboll has made it possible for Vasakronan to build an innovative signature building with a very good energy performance. The design support primarily involved assistance with the design of the façade of the building as well as glass and solar shading focusing on indoor climate and energy efficiency. The building has low embodied carbon due to the timber structure and low operational carbon due to energy efficient solution and a geothermal storage.
Our Services
- Environmental coordination (LEED AP).
- Energy balance calculation for the building permit application and for LEED 4.0 - Optimized Energy Performance.
- Analysis of the façade and solar shading solutions impact on cooling power demand and indoor climate.
- Calculation of the building's power output from the geothermal energy storage.
- Provided Vasakronan with information on the building's energy use prior to the application to the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Location: Järvenpää, Finland
Client: Lidl Soumi Ky
Contact: Mika Kovanen
About the project
Operating 100% on renewable energy and with negative operational carbon emissions, Lidl’s distribution centre in Järvenpää excels in sustainable and smart solutions. 1,600solar panels have been installed on the roof of the 74,700 sqm building to generate electricity for its refrigeration plant. The plant produces condensate heat that meets the heating requirement of the distribution centre and directs the excess to a local district heating network. The refrigeration plant, designed by Ramboll, is one of the largest plants in the world to use Carbon Dioxide as a refrigerant.
Key challenges
The project is, according to BREAAM-standards, certified as ‘Excellent.’ To fulfil the goal of operational Carbon Neutrality, the project set ambitious targets to implement the Smart Energy Concept. The key challenge was to be the forerunner of implementing new technologies including two-way district heating, predictive energy management for thermal and electrical energy, demand response, electrical battery and thermal storage system. These technologies have never been holistically implemented to a building this scale.
Outcome
Ramboll played a key role in concept development, sustainability consultation, coordination and commission of the holistic Smart Energy Concept. Ramboll presented solutions for Facility and Asset Management to secure that ground-breaking sustainability was achieved. For the ongoing commissioning, Smooth OperatorBy Ramboll utilises the digital twin concept to create tailored sustainability KPI’s to ensure delivery of targets, providing stakeholders with necessary information all in one place.
Ramboll provided
- Construction management consultancy
- Site supervision
- BREEAM consulting
- Full thermal energy and cold system design
- Definition of the overall smart energy concept
- Smart Energy Consulting
- Smooth Operator by Ramboll for asset management
- Ecological survey or the plot and surrounding areas prior to building and establishment of protection and improvement measures
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Contact: Erkki Pekkanen
About the project
The 16,000 m2 Central Library Oodi embodies a new era of libraries in Finland. Besides functioning as a traditional library, the modern and vibrant space serves as a new cultural hub for the citizens of Helsinki. The building is an example of a concrete, steel, wood and glass construction, making it highly energy efficient with an energy consumption level almost equivalent to a Zero Energy Building (nZEB).
Key challenges
Oodi Library is a benchmark for energy consumption in modern high-technology facilities and included an LCA target. One of the key challenges was, thus, to build the library using mainly local materials while keeping the local climate conditions in mind.
Outcome
Ramboll was responsible for structural design, project management and construction as well as HVAC& Life-cycle design, maintenance book coordination and cooling design. Only the glass structures and some of the wooden structures of the façade were imported while the main structures of the building were manufactured in Finland. The library has an estimated life span of 150 years.
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client: IMKAN
Architects: Dewan
About the project
The Makers District is set to become one of Abu Dhabi’s most iconic communities. The aim of the project is to create a vibrant residential community responding to the artistic maker movement while inspiring to a more sustainable future. The first phase of the Makers District comprises 13 different buildings ranging from mid to high rise with a maximum of 24 storeys with a built-up area of about 390,000 sqm.
Key challenges
Abu Dhabi’s 2030 Plan establishes sustainability as the foundation of every new construction being built in the Emirate. The key challenge is to construct a development that excels in liveability, cost-efficiency and simultaneously corresponds to the Estidama sustainability initiative.
Outcome
To meet the Estidama requirements, Ramboll focuses on the physical, social and cultural dimensions of the projectalongside sustainability to enhance the liveability of the construction. By employing sustainable strategies and technologies, Ramboll also focuses on the reduction of energy use to ensure that the target for carbon reduction can be met now and in the future. The Makers District should be a new development that is environmentally sustainable throughout its lifetime.