Headquarters and laboratories Certest

Spain

The production and R&D development needs of the biotechnology company Certest Biotec have been growing exponentially in recent years. In order to accommodate this growth, IDOM has designed its new extensions (headquarters and  laboratori Certest in different phases), which reflect Certest’s new growth strategies. They represent a total of 15,620 m2 of new space which, added to the existing buildings, form a total built-up area of 24,825 m2.

The main objective and challenge has been to build a large, versatile and flexible container to allow Certest’s new business units to be developed inside it, by fitting out new R&D and production laboratories.

The construction of the headquarters and laboratories Certest is completed with the construction of the Phase 6 building, which is the corporate building and the main facade of the building complex in terms of image. It houses the general support services for Certest’s main activity, being the administrative uses, changing rooms and canteen the most representative ones.

The buildings have been designed to minimize energy consumption. Passive measures include the construction of double skin facades, interior courtyards that favor natural ventilation and lighting, and eaves sized according to orientation and sunlight. Active measures include the implementation of an opelan-loop geothermal installation with active heat recovery, DHW production by means of a geothermal heat pump, a ventilation system with high-performance heat recovery and a photovoltaic solar collection system. The facilities of the headquarters and laboratories Certest are also equipped with electric vehicle chargers.

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