Care homes
reliably heated.
No investment.
High room temperatures, hot water for every room, operation 365 days a year. A provider builds, finances and operates the new heat supply and is responsible for faults. You only pay the agreed heat price.
- €0investment for the conversion
- 15 yearsfixed heat price, at least 10
- Supply securedalso during the switch-over
Hardly any building needs as much heat as a care home.
High heat demand around the clock
Rooms and common areas are kept at 22 to 24 degrees all year, plus hot water for care, kitchen and laundry. The heating practically never rests.
Costs rise faster than the fees
Care rates and fees are renegotiated only at intervals. Until then you bear rising energy costs yourself.
No room for outages
If the heating fails in winter, it affects people who are particularly vulnerable. An old system is a risk nobody likes to carry.
Where your care home needs heat
- Residents' rooms
- Care bathrooms
- Kitchen
- Laundry
- Common rooms
- Corridors and lobby
Buy heat instead of owning a heating system
Own retrofit
- You bear the conversion costs
- You plan, finance and maintain
- An outage in winter is your risk
- Heat price fluctuates with the gas market
- Conversion can touch living areas
With NetZero
- The provider bears the conversion costs
- The provider plans, finances and operates
- Fault service and response times in the contract
- Heat price fixed for 10 to 15 years
- Work in boiler room, outdoor area and roof
You pay the agreed heat price per kilowatt hour. Kola NetZero is paid by the provider, the assessment is free for you.
What gets installed in your care home
Planning, conversion and operation are handled by the provider. Tap the points on the image.
Supplies the electricity to run the heat pumps where the roof allows it.
Replace boiler and burner. The outdoor units stand fenced next to the building, the remaining technology in the boiler room.
Designed for the demand of the house and for drinking water hygiene requirements.
Sensors and valves on the existing pipe network lower the flow temperature only as far as the rooms hold their temperature.
Supply stays secured
The switch-over is planned outside the heating season and coordinated with the home's management. Hot water remains available throughout.
Planning
Site visit of boiler room and roof, design based on your actual consumption.
Preparation
Work outside and in the basement, without access to residents' rooms.
Switch-over
Outside the heating season, coordinated with management, hot water available throughout.
Operation
Maintenance, fault service and billing sit with the provider.
- No access to residents' rooms
- No scaffolding on the facade
- No interruption of supply
Which care homes qualify
- Central heat generationOne boiler room for the building, today gas, oil or district heating.
- From around 40 placesNo upper limit. Several homes of one provider are assessed together.
- One owner for the buildingThe heat supply contract runs with the owner.
- Space for the technologyOutdoor units next to the building or on the roof, roof area for photovoltaics is an advantage.
- Energy statements and energy certificateOf the last three years, available or obtainable.
What you can show afterwards
For residents and relatives
A modern, climate-friendly heat supply with contractually agreed fault service is a good signal to residents and families.
For banks and investors
The figure on the energy certificate drops clearly, heat costs are predictable over the term. Both count in financing and valuation.
For reporting
You receive the operating data from the provider. How you classify it in your sustainability reporting is something to clarify with your advisers.
Four steps to an offer
- 1
Submit your care home
Address and key data, plus energy certificate and energy statements. Takes two minutes, we read the key data from your documents.
- 2
Calculation
We check the data and align the design with the provider. Feedback usually within 5 working days.
- 3
Offer and site visit
Written offer with a guaranteed heat price, site visit of boiler room, floor space and roof.
- 4
Contract and implementation
Heat supply contract with the owner, then scheduling of the switch-over outside the heating season.
Frequently asked by providers and owners
Is supply secured during the conversion?
Yes. Work concerns the boiler room, outdoor areas and roof. The switch-over itself is planned outside the heating season, hot water is provided throughout.
Is a heat pump enough for the high room temperatures?
The system is designed for your actual consumption, based on your statements of recent years. The controls lower the flow temperature only as far as the rooms hold their temperature. Where necessary a peak load unit stays in the system.
What happens in case of a fault?
The provider operates the system and is responsible for faults. Response times and availability are set out in the heat supply contract.
We operate the home, the building belongs to an investor. Is that possible?
Yes. You can submit the care home and start the process. The heat supply contract is concluded with the owner. We talk to both sides.
Does this work for several homes of one provider?
Yes. Several care homes of one owner or provider are assessed together.
What does the assessment cost?
Nothing. Assessment, site visit and offer are free of charge and without obligation. Kola NetZero is paid by the provider.
Does your care home qualify? Let us find out.
Energy certificate and energy statements are enough to start. Feedback within 5 working days, free and without obligation.
Submit care home with documents