As part of meeting the Green Attraction criteria, the Royal Danish Collection had energy screenings of Koldinghus, Rosenborg Castle and Amalienborg Museum, to get insights into how they could improve their electricity and heating consumption.
About Green Attraction
Green Attraction is an eco-label that targets attractions, museums and zoos in Denmark. The eco-label is awarded to attractions that make an extra effort to take care of the environment. All attractions with Green Attraction must meet a wide range of criteria for environmentally friendly operation.
The criteria are divided into mandatory criteria, where all must be met, and point-criteria, where 40% of the criteria must be met. There is a total of 17 different main areas. The eco-labeled attractions must all document that they meet the criteria.
The Royal Danish Collection
The Royal Collection is a museum collection whose purpose is to tell Danish history through the eyes of the kings. During the project, the museum had three departments, Rosenborg Castle, Amalienborg Museum and Koldinghus. As of January 1st 2025, the museum has also taken over the operation of Christiansborg Castle and the Eremitage Castle.
In order to meet the criteria of Green Attraction, the Royal Collection has received advice and an energy screening of Koldinghus, Rosenborg Castle and Amalienborg Museum to get insights into how they could reduce electricity and heating consumption as well as CO2 emissions in the three departments.
Energy Screening and Energy-saving Measures
An energy screening examines the location’s energy consumption and maps out possibilities for energy optimization.
The energy screenings consisted of a physical inspection of all three locations. Since all buildings are protected, the primary focus was on technical installations. Here, the buildings were examined for energy renovations that can be carried out in protected buildings.
We made energy reports that presented specific proposals for future energy-saving initiatives for all three locations.
In the reports, we calculated the following for each proposed measure:
- Energy savings in
- kWh/year
- Estimated financial investment for the project
- Economic savings
- Simple payback period
- CO2 reduction in kg CO2/year based on projected emission factors
Are you also interested in an energy screening? Then contact Nicolaj Bøgh, Head of Energy and Indoor Climate, at nicolaj@transition.nu.