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Smart Regions: the most sustainable swimming pool in Brussels

Maintaining swimming pools has very high costs. This is why Brussels has had fewer and fewer swimming pools open to public. Moreover, some facilities are particularly polluting. Taking this into account, the Free University in Brussels (VUB) decided to take advantage of EU’s and Brussels region’s support to renovate its swimming pool and make it the most sustainable one in Brussels!

date:  23/12/2020

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The project made the widest possible use of sustainable materials and techniques. Moreover, to minimise energy consumption, the pool building is compact, well-insulated and fitted with LED lights and a climate control system which recovers energy and humidity. This, along with heat extracted from shower water, is used for heat and electricity cogeneration. 

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