Halden municipality shall establish 96 new nursing home places for persons with dementia at Bergheim Residential and Activity Centre. The 96 residential units are in principle identical. The technical rooms and day centre will be in the basement.
It has been important for both the architect and the municipality that the project has its own identity — it shall be a place where people can be proud of living, which shall, in turn, help the users in the process of being an independent individual.
Halden municipality would like to be a pioneering developer for energy efficiency and the use of wood, which reduces the CO2 footprint for the building both during construction and in operation. Bergheim Residential and Activity Centre shall fulfil the current requirements in the revised version of TEK 10, as well as fulfil further requirements for energy use in the ByFy note.
Halden municipality has an environment ambition that the project shall fulfil energy mark A and the net energy need for cooling and heating is to fulfil the passive house standard in accordance with NS3701.