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Pairi Daiza

The animals at Pairi Daiza and their visitors enjoy customized comfort thanks to Siemens technology and solution partner Thermia.

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Expertise and state-of-the-art technology The Belgian animal park Pairi Daiza is ranked among the best in the world. Its 2 million annual visitors would agree. Home to more than 800 animal species on nearly 75 hectares, the park strives to reveal the beauty and fragility of nature while working to protect threatened species. Everything is designed to offer maximum comfort for each animal (and visitor) thanks to Siemens technology and our certified solution partner Thermia.

At Pairi Daiza, Thermia is in charge of integrating and managing more than 50 installations in order to ensure the right climate for each species. Thanks to Siemens building technology, temperature, humidity and air quality can be controlled perfectly without causing any discomfort for visitors. Both humans and animals benefit from an optimal environment at all times.

The long-standing collaboration between Pairi Daiza, Thermia and Siemens provides the stability needed to carry out these technical implementations, while taking into account efficiency, environmental preservation, animal welfare and economic profitability.

Jean-François Hebert – Technical manager at Pairi Daiza

This project had particularly high air conditioning requirements. Thanks to our long cooperation with Siemens and its sophisticated offering in this field we were able to implement a suitable solution with heat recovery that consumes very little energy.

Frédéric Vandewiele – Managing Partner at Thermia

Major challenges The comfort of animals and visitors is of paramount importance for Pairi Daiza. The climate must be perfect everywhere, both in the enclosures, including those in the Land of Cold, and in the hotels of the Pairi Daiza Resort. In addition, the “Garden of the Worlds” is committed to reducing its ecological footprint as much as possible – a major challenge that its technology partners, Siemens and Thermia, have mastered.

Habitat and climate tailored to each species

The comfort of animals and visitors is of paramount importance for Pairi Daiza. The climate must be perfect everywhere, both in the enclosures, including those in the Land of Cold, and in the hotels of the Pairi Daiza Resort. In addition, the “Garden of the Worlds” is committed to reducing its ecological footprint as much as possible – a major challenge that its technology partners, Siemens and Thermia, have mastered.

When arctic meets energy efficiency

From tropical birds to penguins, from elephants to pandas: each animal has its preferred habitat. For this reason, creating a comfortable environment for all the residents of such a diverse and extensive park requires elaborate technical measures.

Perfectly heated hotels

Opened in April 2020, Pairi Daiza’s Land of the Cold is home to penguins, walruses, polar bears and Siberian tigers. This required recreating the Arctic climate that these animals need while ensuring the energy efficiency of the installations. But how do you build a giant refrigerator that meets energy efficiency class A+?

Optimized solutions Arctic climate, optimal indoor temperatures in the hotel, comfortable habitat for hundreds of species of animals... No matter what the challenge, Thermia, an experienced specialist in the design and implementation of air conditioning, ventilation and lighting systems, has been able to solve it. The company has been a partner of Pairi Daiza for many years, deploying the latest technology from Siemens.

The right environment for each species

At Pairi Daiza, Thermia has deployed over 50 installations to provide the right climatic environment for each species.

Building technology from Siemens allows the temperature, humidity and air quality to be controlled perfectly without any discomfort for visitors.

Like the park’s residents, they benefit from an optimal environment at all times.

Optimizing heating and cooling

In order to optimally control the climate of the Land of Cold and the heating of the Pairi Daiza Resort while minimizing energy consumption, Thermia has developed a massive heat pump in order to transfer thermal energy from the cold part of the park to the heating system for the hotels.

Regardless of fluctuations in system demand, the installation adapts smoothly because it is equipped with automatically controlled Intelligent Valves from Siemens. This ensures optimal operation at any time.

Efficient central management using Desigo CC

Manual inspection of all climate systems would be labor-intensive and would delay the detection of possible breakdowns. For this reason, Pairi Daiza uses the Desigo CC integrated management platform to centrally monitor all technical systems around the clock. Since Desigo CC is an open system, it can also manage equipment from vendors other than Siemens.

Desigo CC is a comprehensive management platform that enables accurate control of building systems, timely planning of preventive maintenance, and monitoring of overall plant operation. At the slightest anomaly, the technicians receive an alarm and can intervene quickly. The result: guaranteed comfort for both animals and visitors.

Desigo CC

This building management platform controls, monitors and optimizes all disciplines in a building, such as the accommodation and hotels in Pairi Daiza. The solution is purely based on open standards and improves performance during the entire lifecycle of a building.

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Intelligent Valves

Intelligent valves from Siemens for HVAC systems guarantee an optimal indoor climate, while also increasing energy efficiency and reducing operational costs. Easily planned, installed, commissioned and operated.

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Pairi Daiza

Comfort tailored to each animal

An environment tailored to each species

An optimal climate without wasting energy