Humana
Växjö

About the asset

The Humana Växjö care home offers residential care for 72 elderly. The care home is operated by Humana under a 15-year lease agreement.

The building’s architecture is unique and resembles a textile pattern or a crocheted tablecloth. This expression is created by combining sections of different tile patterns across the façade.

The care home features 72 care units, designed for modern aged care. The common areas comprise an activity room that is designed as an orangery, a physiotherapy facility, and a large assembly hall for social gatherings. A wonderful garden and a large roof terrace provide the residents with plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities. The rooftop also has a greenhouse with a view over the courtyard and the green recreation space.

The care home’s parking area has charging stations for electric cars as well as a parking spaces reserved for shared vehicles.

The care home is part of the Skärvet area, which has received the Skanska Sustainability Award 2017. In the Skärvet neighborhood, there are many different forms of housing that allow people of all ages to meet. The area has safe walking paths for pedestrians and plenty of bicycle parking spaces.

Sustainability in the construction process

The building is developed and constructed by Skanska. In the construction, only environmentally safe building materials were used. All materials were screened and approved according to Skanska’s chemical database to avoid any hazardous substances. In addition, no material were sent to a landfill. All spills of, for example, suspended ceiling tiles, were returned to the supplier who recycled the material.

Smart green solutions

A green care home should generate as much energy as it consumes. To achieve this, the building has solar cells installed on the roof. The building also features well-insulated shell protection and energy-efficient appliances.

Bathrooms are equipped with showers that reuse water and low-flush toilets and mixers. The showers have a special filter that flushes out water with shampoo or other contaminants or returns the water to circulation. This solution is beneficial in countries with water shortages and is also certified for use in space. In addition, the care home has two special showers from Orbital Systems that reuse the water.

An award-winning project

The care home was constructed in 2019, and after completion asset was certified as a LEED Platinum asset. It was the first care home asset to become certified in the Platinum category with the globally highest ever points total in the “care homes” category.

The Växjö care home is filled with green solutions. The care home is classified as a dark green project in Skanska’s rating system.

 

In 2019, The Swedish Green Building Council awarded the Växjö care home with its coveted annual Green Building Award in the category “LEED project of the year”. The jury selected the winner based on its innovative, environmentally friendly solutions.