MONASTERY RESTAURANT

The main building structure consists of a reinforced concrete design. This is environmental friendly due to the order of concrete in local plants. Short delivery ways meant less CO2 footprint in transportation. And it also supports regional companies. Concrete is attributed with a significantly longer life cycle than other building materials.

Large-format, curtain-type concrete slabs were used for the facade paneling, matching the building‘s architecture and the modern design. In the event of demolition, the cleanly separable facade materials could be separately recycled. To the extent permitted by building law, no composite building materials were used. The other building materials were also selected exclusively according to the criteria of longevity in connection with the sustainable preservation of the building material properties and with reference to heat loss and separability in the event of demolition.

Another goal of the entire planning was to construct the building in a climate-neutral manner. For this reason, no fossil fuels are used to generate heat – instead heat pump technology only is installed. The use of regenerative energy is key: Thus, a large photovoltaic system is found the roof of the monastery restaurant. As a result, around 30% more electricity is produced in a climate-neutral manner than the energy used to operate the building. This type of energy generation sustainably reduces CO2 emissions.