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Eco Architecture: Sulfurcell’s new headquarters is powered entirely by solar energy

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Eco Factor: Sustainable office building captures solar energy for power.

Sulfurcell, a manufacturer of solar modules, has announced the development of a sustainable office building, which proves that solar construction can be both aesthetically pleasing and economic. The complex, which provides space for an administrative building and a production hall, features solar façade cassettes that have been deployed for the first time.

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The solar cassettes carry hardened, frameless glass, enabling the modules to create a smooth and elegant glass façade. The modules can be installed like conventional cassette cladding systems to generate renewable energy for the building.

Since the solar cassettes are installed on a substrate, it becomes possible to clad them on uneven surfaces, such as facades of old buildings as well. The cassettes are rear-ventilated and equipped with recessed drainage channels that release rainwater in a controlled fashion to prevent the thermal insulation from getting wet and also regulate the temperature of the solar modules, thereby increasing their efficiency.

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The headquarters feature 900 cassette modules, which collectively generate one third of the building’s overall energy needs. The remaining energy comes from a roof-mounted solar array that ensures that the building is completely powered by renewable energy generated on-site.

Via: StylePark

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