Doors have played a considerable role in making sure energy efficiency is present in every part of the hospital. For the main entrances, Pell and his team weighed up themerits of using a combination of sliding and revolving doors against two sets of sliding doors. They opted for the latter because it was a cost-efficient way of keeping the interior cool in the warmer summer months and retaining heat during the unforgiving chill of the Stockholm winter.
Doors have played a considerable role in making sure energy efficiency is present in every part of the hospital. For the main entrances, Pell and his team weighed up the merits of using a combination of sliding and revolving doors against two sets of sliding doors. They opted for the latter because it was a cost-efficient way of keeping the interior cool in the warmer summer months and retaining heat during the unforgiving chill of the Stockholm winter.
