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.
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.
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