TNT Centre

A blueprint for sustainable architecture
Thanks to its orientation within the volume, the design of the atrium allows ample daylight to penetrate the building. Furthermore, the atrium offers TNT employees a splendid view of their natural surroundings. The atrium and the entrance are clearly connected to one another, with the stepped placed terraces encouraging users to access the floors on foot and meet each other on the linking floors (reducing the use of the lifts).

All the green electricity in the TNT Centre is supplied by the ‘Green Machine’. Periodic power surpluses are directed to the main network, while periodic shortages are met by taking (green) electricity from the network. The heat released in this process is used to heat the buildings in the immediate vicinity of the TNT Centre. The building’s in-house power supply ensures that the amount of energy required is kept to a minimum. The energy that is needed is generated sustainability by the building itself. This is done by means of heat and cold storage in aquifers in the soil. The bio-cogeneration plant required for this process runs on organic residual waste, among other things. The geothermal heat storage process supplies the heat and cold required for the building’s climate control system. The heat stored is used to heat the complex in winter and the cold to cool it in summer.

Energy productive
The TNT building is energy-productive. This means that it produces more energy than it uses; on site, and in a sustainable manner TNT shares its surplus heat with its neighbors in the immediate vicinity: Asics and Schneider Electric.

The buildings’ sustainable central energy generation system comprises, among other things, a Long Term Energy Storage system (LTES system), a Biofuel Combined Heat and Power plant (BIOCHP) and solar panels. OVG, together with Kropman Installatietechniek, Dordtech and Local is in charge of the energy generation system operation.