Active launches Aberdeen's only A rated building
Our new corporate headquarters, the Active Renewable Energy Centre, is one of the most energy efficient buildings in the UK and the only A rated building in Aberdeen.
The building has been designed from the ground up to be extremely efficient making the most of natural light and ventilation wherever possible. The small amount of energy which the building needs to operate as a comfortable working environment is generated on-site from a combination of micro-renewable technologies including:
- air and ground source heat pumps
- PV solar panels
- thermal solar panels
- road energy system
- rain water harvesting
- wind turbine - the final stage of the development, the wind turbine will be integrated into the site within the coming months.
The Active Renewable Energy Centre versus a standard commercial building
The typical energy consumption for a commercial building of this style is approximately 190,000kW/hrs with an estimated fuel cost of £15,741 per annum. The Active Renewable Energy Centre is expected to drastically reduce these figures; the building will consume an estimated 64,935kW/hrs of energy per annum, and even when the wind turbine is excluded from calculations the fuel costs will be just £5,195.
One of the main stumbling points when it comes to energy efficiency is proving to people that the technology delivers real cost savings as well as reducing CO2 emissions. To tackle this Active has installed an advanced monitoring and control system which will measure the energy generated and consumed by the building. We plan to publish this data over time and if you are interested in finding out more please contact us directly.
The Active Renewable Energy Centre has raised the bar when it comes to practical, commercially viable, green developments and if you would like to see for yourself how it all comes together contact us at info@active24-7.com
