With a view to optimizing its energy costs, Fondazione Poliambulanza - a multi-specialty hospital capable of handling over 32,000 admissions per year - has decided to build a 2MW trigeneration plant for the integrated production of electrical, thermal and cooling energy (used for air-conditioning). The distinctive features of the plant? The plant has a special sound-absorbing barrier that makes the cogenerator’s presence imperceptible, and is also well-integrated into the hospital environment by being housed in its own dedicated building.