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Fronius apuesta por la eficiencia energéticaFronius Bets by the energetic efficiency
29 October 2012
Fronius International GmbH has inaugurated Activate ‘it Power Tower' in his headquarters of Wels (Alta Austria) in autumn of 2012. Thanks to his design of active power, and to the use of photovoltaic power (FV) and geothermal sensors, the heating and refrigeration of this exemplary architectural project work with a broadcast of CO
2 entirely neutral. The Solar Electronic Division that celebrates this year his 20 anniversary, has mudado to finals of September to this new and creative labour surroundings.
“With Activate it Power Tower, Fronius shows that we are betting by the energetic efficiency even further of the products and services”, explains Martin Hackl, responsible of the division Fronius Solar Electronics equipment dealers equipment dealers. The impressesive façade of this energetic tower serves at the same time to provide shadow and thermal sensors isolation to the building, what allows to save power in terms of refrigeration and heating.
Fronius Shows with Activate it Power Tower that is betting by the energetic efficiency even further of the products and services.
In the new part of the building that integrates perfectly with the existent complex, have built some modern offices. In the low plant, the Green Vertikal Garden of the French Patrick Blanc, botanist and architect of gardens, provides a very pleasant environingingment. “At present we follow working in the manufacturing of a room of exhibitions where will show concrete applications of our products to the visitors”, reveals Martin Hackl.
The ecological façade provides shadow and, at the same time, generates the power that is using also in the tower. Another remarkable visual point form it the elements of glass of the façade with his crystalline cells. This special production, composed of 146 modules of the company ertex solar, has a power of 38,3 kW. The photovoltaic installation of the roof consists of 60 modules of Kioto, polycrystalline (cSi) and with a power of 12,6 kW. The key piece of both installations conform it three investors Fronius IG Plus 150V and an investor Fronius IG Plus 100V that commission to provide the maximum performance to Activate it Power Tower.
