The Sun Ship I
The Sun Ship is the service center for the Solar Settlement in Vauban district, Freiburg City, Germany. On the ground floor there is an eco-supermarket, a pharmacy store and a café.
It is the first commercial PlusEnergy building (it produces more energy than it expends). On the roof there is a large mounted photovoltaic unit. The walls have special triple-paned windows and vacuum insulation panels. Ventilation with heat recovery is also integrated into the facade. The construction of the building gives an annual primary energy savings of about 1 million kWh.
Architect: Rolf Disch. The color concept was developed by a Berlin artist, Erich Wiesner.
Rolf Disch Solar Architecture www.rolfdisch.de (website also in english)
The Sun Ship I
The Sun Ship is the service center for the Solar Settlement in Vauban district, Freiburg City, Germany. On the ground floor there is an eco-supermarket, a pharmacy store and a café.
It is the first commercial PlusEnergy building (it produces more energy than it expends). On the roof there is a large mounted photovoltaic unit. The walls have special triple-paned windows and vacuum insulation panels. Ventilation with heat recovery is also integrated into the facade. The construction of the building gives an annual primary energy savings of about 1 million kWh.
Architect: Rolf Disch. The color concept was developed by a Berlin artist, Erich Wiesner.
Rolf Disch Solar Architecture www.rolfdisch.de (website also in english)