No
It is a football complex. With 3 artificial football fields. One of them has the innovation whereas the natural warming of the field, heads up the piping that has been laid in the field, with in return gives a clean source of energy.
The heat recovery system, which has been installed under the recently renovated artificial grass field of SV DONK, is according to the municipality 'a world first'. This unique system, which works like reverse floor heating, will help the club to save considerably on energy costs by extracting heat from the artificial grass, especially on warm days. With an expected reduction of 80% in gas consumption, SV DONK is taking a big step towards a sustainable future.
Aendless Energy is an intensive collaboration that was established specifically for this innovation to ensure that the energy that is generated is used as a heat source in the right way. Within this collaboration, Aendless and Antea Sport join forces: Antea Sport as a specialist in building high-quality sports fields and generating heat from the field and Aendless as a specialist in transporting this energy to the end users. Thanks to this intensive collaboration, Aendless and Antea Sport ensure that the dual function of the sports field is optimally utilized.
Facility visits vary from 25 000 to 35 000 per year.
Technical innovation
300000
Yes, BOSA and ISDE+
1) Heating through natural resource (sun)
2) No more use of gas as resource
3) In combination with solarpanels, it could be an energy equal innovation.
1. Still an innovation, so not all data is here
2. Best practice with a fairly new building with good isolation
3. Quite an investment beforehand.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Visits per year | 30000 |
| Water Consumption (liters/use) | N/A |
| Primary energy Usage per year (kWh/use) | The numbers are still ‘building up’. We started measuring in October 2024. We have not completed a full year or season. We have measurements, but we cant compare them exactly with a full year. For example: the final settlement for G+E is send in April. So the usage from may 2023 till April 2024 is a ‘full year’. And from may 2024 till April 2025 is the next year. The innovation is placed exactly in between those months. So in a way, the numbers are distorted. For the first half year the club use |
| Estimation of Water Saving (%) | |
| Estimation of Energy Saving (%) | High (more than 70%) |
| Estimation Waste and Resource Savings (%) |
The investment was 300 000 EUR, but this is only applicable in OUR situation. Every building has is owns pro’s and cons. Every building is unique and remember: we only did a quarter of a field because that was enough for the entire sports accommodation. The improvement was not made considering ROI as a factor.
In 2026 we want to use the innovation for het ‘Groenhovenbad’ . We want it to be the first indoor swimming pool in the world to be heated from this innovation.
Last update: Feb. 6, 2026, 11:43 a.m.