Olivia Six of the Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk with the prestigious BREEAM certificate at the Excellent level. This is another office building of the Olivia complex classified as meeting the highest standards and practices in the field of sustainable design, construction and use of buildings. The facility received nearly 80 percentage points, improving the pre-certification note from 2015 by as much as 3.5 points. Thus, Olivia Six is the best-rated building in Pomerania.
– The BREEAM Excellent certificate confirms that Olivia Six is one of the best office buildings in the country, being at the same time one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in Poland. The technological solutions used in it, including those related to acoustics, ventilation and lighting, as well as the highest quality materials, guarantee optimal use of Six by its tenants. In the Six building, for example, we used the first all-glass, triple-glazed façade in Poland, meeting the EU requirements for 2021, which significantly reduces the impact of external conditions on the temperature in the offices, minimizing the need to cool rooms in summer and heat them in winter. This translates into greater user comfort, lower energy demand, and thus lower operating costs. emphasizes Maciej Kotarski, Leasing Director at Olivia Business Centre. ” Such a high rating of Olivia Six is also another proof that Olivia Business Centre offers the highest quality office space available ,” he adds.
BREEAM, a multi-criteria system for assessing the quality and environmental impact of buildings, is one of the top standards in the real estate industry in Europe and in the world. When assessing the quality of buildings, numerous measures are taken into account, m.in. energy efficiency, quality of the indoor environment, standards of the construction process, types of materials used or transport accessibility. Points are awarded in ten main categories: Energy, Materials, Health and Wellbeing, Waste, Pollution, Water, Transport, Land Use and Ecology, Governance and Innovation. Excellent is the second highest rating in the BREEAM system, in which over 80% of all buildings in Poland are currently certified. This means that investors and developers have the greatest confidence in BREEAM.
Olivia Six received a BREEAM Excellent m.in. due to advanced technical solutions, including systems allowing for full control over the building during its ongoing operation and high-quality materials. Six is also distinguished by a modern façade, air handling units equipped with heat pumps and the so-called “air handling units”. A green roof enabling water retention and rainwater management for watering greenery. In the certification process, the management of the construction process, taking into account restrictive ecological requirements and material recycling, as well as the support of qualified experts in the selection of technical solutions, were also appreciated. The well-being of users was also taken into account, including the proximity of public transport stops, extensive infrastructure for cyclists (parking lots, access roads, changing rooms with showers, bicycle repair stations) and electric car charging stations.
“BREEAM Excellent “Final” is the culmination of an extremely demanding and time-consuming certification process. The higher score received by Olivia Six means that the requirements for the building have not only been met, but exceeded – emphasizes Karolina Michalak from the implementation department of Olivia Business Centre.
More about Olivia Six. Olivia Six has 18 floors (including 3 underground). The office building delivers over 17 thousand. sq.m. office space. The main hall was made in the form of a large chessboard made of black and milky stone. The public lobby has the character of an English club library. From the middle floors of the office building, there is a view of the Bay of Gdańsk and one of the oldest and greenest districts of Gdańsk, Oliwa.
Olivia Six was designed by the Gdynia-based studio BJK Architects. The certification process of the building was carried out with the support of Sweco Consulting. In 2015, Olivia Six received (in 2015) a note 75,10%. In the final score, Six received 78.6%.
