{"id":2492,"date":"2024-08-13T14:09:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T11:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/?page_id=2492"},"modified":"2025-12-06T02:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:26:35","slug":"our-achievement-horenka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/our-work\/green-reconstruction-of-ukraine\/partnership-for-reconstruction\/our-achievement-horenka\/","title":{"rendered":"[Our Achievement] Horenka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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    Green reconstruction of Horenka Hospital<\/h2>

    Greenpeace Ukraine is working together with environmental organizations and local municipalities in Ukraine to rebuild the country sustainably.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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    Horenka is a small village, a part of the Hostomel community, near Bucha, which was heavily damaged during the first months of the war that Russia started against Ukraine. One building that was particularly hit was the local hospital, the only medical institution in the village which serves a few other villages around. A shell hit the clinic\u2019s yard, blew off the windows, and damaged its facade. Due to a lack of electricity during the cold weather in February 2022, the heating system of the hospital got damaged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As a result, instead of the whole hospital building, only parts of the building could be used for doctor appointments. To fully operate again, the heating system needed reconstruction. Greenpeace Austria and Ukrainian NGOs – Ecoaction and Ecoclub, initiated a green reconstruction of this hospital by installing a heat pump and solar plant.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After 11 months of the war, the damaged hospital near Kyiv was rebuilt in a sustainable and green way. With the initiative of Greenpeace Austria and Ukrainian eco-NGOs Ecoaction, Ecoclub, and Victory of Ukraine fund, a heat pump, and solar power plant were installed to increase the building\u2019s energy independence, the community\u2019s resilience, and reduce the CO2 emission of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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    In Horenka village, explosions started on the morning of 24 February. This is how locals encounter what happened in the first days of the war. The air raid warning did not work, and people spent hours, and then days, in the basements of their houses. In the neighboring Hostomel, there was an attack on the military airfield and the landing of Russian troops. The Russians failed to occupy Horenka, but more than a hundred local residents were killed by their attacks, and thousands were forced to flee their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Local doctor Olena Opanasenko recalls that the hospital in Horenka continued working despite the full-scale war. \u201cI, with another doctor, was at the hospital. We were trying to help people and do vaccinations. It was February 25 when the electricity of the hospital was turned off. And it wasn\u2019t turned back until May\u201d, the woman recalls. At that time, a shell hit the clinic’s yard, windows blew off, and the facade was damaged. Due to the lack of electricity during the cold days, the heating system was damaged, making the hospital\u2019s operation even more challenging as the winter approached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The hospital manager Ivan Rudy showed us the place where a shell hit the building and explained that the clinic employees removed part of the heating system on their own to be able to heat at least part of the premises. Then Greenpeace Austria and Ukrainian organizations “Ecoaction,” “Ecoclub,” and the charity foundation “Victory of Ukraine” stepped in and initiated the installation of a heat pump in combination with a solar power plant in the hospital. As a result, since January 2023, the hospital has had a modern heating system with which the whole building can be used again for doctors\u2019 appointments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Greenpeace Ukraine believes that the reconstruction of the Horenka hospital sets an example of how the reconstruction of Ukraine should take place. \u201cWhen it comes to the long-term perspective, we must consider modern energy-efficient technologies that not only save money but also reduce the CO2 emissions and our negative impact on the environment. We do not want the recovery money allocated by the international partners for the reconstruction to be spent on inefficient old technologies that will continue to bury the country in energy dependence and increase CO2<\/sub> emissions even further,” said Denys Tsutsaiev, the campaigner of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This project also demonstrates how much money can be saved if damaged facilities are restored in accordance with sustainable standards. According to preliminary estimates, the Horenka hospital will be able to reduce heating costs by 80%, and the hybrid solar station will be able to cover up to 60% of the energy consumed per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Through the green reconstruction of Horenka hospital, Greenpeace Ukraine was able to test and explore how the green reconstruction of similar facilities could take place.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In this case, the most energy-efficient solution was to install a heat pump and a hybrid solar power plant. Today, a heat pump is one of the most modern and environmentally friendly means of space heating. In Horenka, an outdoor circuit was equipped in the backyard – vertical depth probes were lowered into prepared wells 65 meters deep. This is how the pump will take the energy from the ground to heat the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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