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SolarCampus, former "Solar-Fabrik" in Freiburg

79111 Freiburg: Construction of Europe's first CO2-neutral administration and production building for solar modules of the company Solar-Fabrik AG. The company SolarFabrik went insolvent in 2015. Solar modules are still offered under the "Solar-Fabrik" brand today. The company is based in Wiesen (Bavaria). Today, the "M10 SolarCampus" in the building. Completion: 1999

Street/District Munzinger Strasse 10, 79111 Freiburg
Completion Completed in 1999
Location Freiburg, industrial park Haid near the B3/B31
Type Single-storey production hall, in front of it a massive administration building with a representative winter garden.
Residential units
Residents Approx. 150 employees
Form of ownership The current owner is "SolarCampus". The building was built by Solar-Fabrik AG.

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Sustainability measures
Urban planning The building is located in a commercial area. The infrastructural connection is naturally good.
Ecology CO2-neutral annual energy balance, rainwater is used as service water, large-scale use of PV modules, rapeseed oil CHP with combined heat and power.
Economics The CHP is powered exclusively by rapeseed oil from local production, the construction details are kept practical and simple, flexibility is limited by the use of the interior walls as storage mass.
Socio-cultural As this is a production and administration building, the socio-cultural measures are limited to the café on the ground floor of the Wintergarten, which is open to the public.
Special features First "zero-emissions factory
Sources Information brochures from Solar-Fabrik AG
Literature AIT Nov. 1999; Mensch & Büro 5/1999; db 8/1999; DETAIL 3/1999
Link www.ecotrinova.de/...solarfabrikinfo.pdf
Created Text: R.Klein 5/2005
Keywords Solar factory, zero emission factory, rolf + hotz


Last Updated: December 7, 2020

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