{"id":339329,"date":"2010-02-19T00:25:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T05:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/coop-himmelblau-s-town-town-office-tower-generates-surplus-energy\/"},"modified":"2010-02-19T00:25:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T05:25:49","slug":"coop-himmelblau%e2%80%99s-town-town-office-tower-generates-surplus-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/339329","title":{"rendered":"Coop Himmelb(l)au\u2019s Town Town Office Tower generates surplus energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/19\/town-town-office-tower_1_rkfIr_69.jpg\" alt=\"town town office tower_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Energy positive office building generates solar and wind energy. <\/p>\n<p>Designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coop-himmelblau.at\/\">Coop Himmelb(l)au<\/a>, the Town Town Tower is a proposal for a sustainable office building to be developed in Erdberg, Austria. The crystalline building is the architect\u2019s implementation of an ultra-efficient building system, which upon completion will generate more energy that it consumes, offsetting about 1,100,000kg of carbon emissions annually.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/19\/town-town-office-tower_2_W1z4T_69.jpg\" alt=\"town town office tower_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Town Town Office Tower has been designed through analysis of wind flow and sun trajectory, with the overall shape of the building formed to achieve the most efficient geometry for its energy generating fa\u00e7ade. The building produces renewable energy using a large wind turbine atop the tower, and a photovoltaic laminated fa\u00e7ade that generates solar energy throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/19\/town-town-office-tower_3_5ydqL_69.jpg\" alt=\"town town office tower_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Along with renewable energy generating capabilities, the building has also been designed to conserve energy. Tilted panels allow natural light to filter through to the interiors and all the office spaces can be naturally ventilated through operable windows. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/19\/town-town-office-tower_4_FoLB9_69.jpg\" alt=\"town town office tower_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/02\/18\/coop-himmelblau-unveils-energy-positive-office-for-austria\/\">Inhabitat<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2010\/02\/16\/town-town-by-coop-himmelblau\/\">Dezeen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Energy positive office building generates solar and wind energy. Designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au, the Town Town Tower is a proposal for a sustainable office building to be developed in Erdberg, Austria. The crystalline building is the architect\u2019s implementation of an ultra-efficient building system, which upon completion will generate more energy that it consumes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}