Nov 23 2015

European Solar Prize 2015 goes to Aktiv-Stadthaus, Frankfurt am Main

 

home residual building to receive the federal
energy-efficiency-plus certificate. This means
that the building, which contains 74 apartments,
generates more energy than its residents
consume. More than 1000 façade and
rooftop mounted solar modules generate
300,000 kWh/a of green electricity, while a
sewage heat pump generates hot water and
powers the floor heating. Latest energy efficiency
structures minimize energy losses. Excess
energy is stored in a large 250 kWh battery
and is used to charge a fleet of shared electric
vehicles. Being developed in cooperation with
the federal research initiative “Zukunft-Bau”
(Construction Future), the building also serves
as a proof of concept – for the first time, findings
and practices from single-family energyplus
homes have been successfully applied to
a large scale residential apartment complex.
The design by HHS Planer+Architekten demonstrates
that the future of housing can be
The “Aktiv-Stadthaus” by ABG Frankfurt Holding is the first and largest inner city multiple home residual building to receive the federal energy-efficiency-plus certificate. This means that the building, which contains 74 apartments, generates more energy than its residents consume. More than 1000 façade and rooftop mounted solar modules generate 300,000 kWh/a of green electricity, while a sewage heat pump generates hot water and powers the floor heating. Latest energy efficiency structures minimize energy losses. Excess energy is stored in a large 250 kWh battery and is used to charge a fleet of shared electric vehicles. Being developed in cooperation with the federal research initiative “Zukunft-Bau” (Construction Future), the building also serves as a proof of concept – for the first time, findings and practices from single-family energy-plus homes have been successfully applied to a large scale residential apartment complex. The design by HHS Planer + Architekten demonstrates that the future of housing can be ecofriendly, economical and aesthetic.

 

Aktiv-Stadthaus, Frankfurt am Main

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