European Green Head Office Uses Energy Storage System
BNP Paribas Fortis headquarters in Brussels will implement green building innovations by Imtech. BNP Paribas combined with Fortis earlier in 2009. The portfolio of green buidling technologies applied at this head office in Europe will result in a fifty percent reduction in energy consumption. ...
... "The residual heat released is used to heat the building. In addition, an innovative Borehole Energy Storage (BES) system is being laid. The system uses 100-metre-deep boreholes to temporarily store cold energy deep underground. This air is then transferred to the building via an ingenious, energy-conserving piping network, for climate conditioning. Solar panels are placed on the roof to preheat warm water for the building’s restrooms." ...Via Imtech: Green head office in Brussels