The hospital was awarded a grant on 13 July 2007, and the project was one of the main news items on regional TV channel TVP3 Olsztyn on 19 July 2007. To view the news item, click here.
Over a two-year period the hospital will carry out a €750,000-upgrade of the buildings that includes replacing windows and doors, insulating walls and modernise the central heating and the ventilation systems. The grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway covers 85 percent of the costs.
The children’s hospital in Olsztynek is one of three Polish hospitals that will receive funding from the EEA Grants for thermo–insulation projects. In total more than €40 million will be spent on thermal insulation works in Polish public buildings, such as hospitals, schools and offices, in order to protect the environment by decreasing the demand for heat energy and thereby lowering the emissions of pollutants. After the upgrade, the children’s hospital in Olsztynek will reduce its demand for heat energy by 70 percent and cut its CO2 emissions by 77 percent.
The Olsztynek thermo-insulation project is expected to lower the hospital’s running costs by 10-15 percent. In addition to saving costs for the hospital, the upgrade will improve the working conditions for staff and the comfort for the 5,000 children treated every year.
News
16.10.2012
In Olsztynek in north-eastern Poland the regional children’s hospital is about to start thermo-insulation works on its buildings with assistance from the EEA Grants. The hospital upgrade will improve patient comfort and working conditions for staff, reduce heat consumption and cut emissions of pollutants.
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