ITT Lowara at the Biggest Mall in the Balkans

The Hermes Park Carrefour is one of the largest shopping centres in the Balkans, developed on a building plot of 45.000 sq.m., with a total cover area of 242.000 sq.m. The commercial development includes a shopping mall 99.000 sq.m, office space 70.000 sq.m., underground and outdoor parking spaces around 73.000 sq.m.. Hermes Park completed in January 2010 after 27 months of construction.

The choice of suppliers was based strictly into techno-economic criteria. Idator SA, the exclusive distributor of ITT Lowara in Greece, honored the procurement of pumping equipment for heating, cooling, air conditioning, water supply, waste water and fire fighting of this remarkable superstructure. ITT Lowara through the Building services teams of the Greek and the Bulgarian Distributors offered continuous support in the project.

The HVAC of the building includes 148 electropumps Series FC, FH, LS with the 85 percent controlled by variable speed frequency converters series Hydrovar. The sewage network includes 23 stations equipped with DLG series macerator pump and 4 lifting stations, Sekamatik type of ITT Austria. The water supply of the building is served by a five-pump booster set with multistage SS electropumps SV46 series controlled by frequency converters Series Hydrovar, a dual pump booster set with SV16 series and 10 smaller pumps SH, FC and TLC series. The fire fighting system was implemented with the use of 7 booster sets Series GEN EN 12845, which are certified according to the requirements set by the latest European standard in firefighting EN 12845 Fixed firefighting systems - Automatic sprinkler systems - Design, Installation and maintenance.

ITT Lowara products contribute to the energy efficiency of the building. The total installed capacity is 2.37 MW and the choice of Hydrovar frequency converters combined with the high efficiency class motors PLM, make the system energy efficient and environmentally friendly.