Orléans Wirecom 6
The Wirecom building, outside Orléans in France, reaches very high energy efficiency thanks to its design. Two regular buildings, with outside insulation and wood cladding, are sheltered under a glass-house bearing photovoltaïc panels on top. The glass-house provides a microclimate in winter, sharply reducing heating requirements. Automated openings along both sides and massive underground ventilation pipes take care of cooling in summer.
Yearly energy consumption < 50 kWh/m² for heating, cooling, ventilation and hot-water production.
No advanced material was used whatsoever. Design is all it took to achieve this rather high energy efficiency. Except for lighting : only LEDs are used, which makes for a ridiculously small total power requirement of 786 Watts. These are Watts, not kW, and 786 W is all the electrical power required to properly light up an 1511 m² office building with LEDs.
1511 m², total construction cost € 2,1 Million, which translates into € 1390 /m².
Architect : Gilbert Autret - www.gilbert-autret-architecte.com/
Wirecom is a French building-controls company and commissioned this building for its headquarters.
Orléans Wirecom 6
The Wirecom building, outside Orléans in France, reaches very high energy efficiency thanks to its design. Two regular buildings, with outside insulation and wood cladding, are sheltered under a glass-house bearing photovoltaïc panels on top. The glass-house provides a microclimate in winter, sharply reducing heating requirements. Automated openings along both sides and massive underground ventilation pipes take care of cooling in summer.
Yearly energy consumption < 50 kWh/m² for heating, cooling, ventilation and hot-water production.
No advanced material was used whatsoever. Design is all it took to achieve this rather high energy efficiency. Except for lighting : only LEDs are used, which makes for a ridiculously small total power requirement of 786 Watts. These are Watts, not kW, and 786 W is all the electrical power required to properly light up an 1511 m² office building with LEDs.
1511 m², total construction cost € 2,1 Million, which translates into € 1390 /m².
Architect : Gilbert Autret - www.gilbert-autret-architecte.com/
Wirecom is a French building-controls company and commissioned this building for its headquarters.