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    Bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD): a case study from Commercial Sector in Lisbon, Portugal

    In Lisbon a large office building of the bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) is supported by solar heat and cold since 2008. The collector area is installed in roof of the office building. The office building has 17 floors with an office space of 100,000 square meters. During the working time 6,000 employed persons [...]

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    The Padua Logistic Hub: a Case Study from Industrial Sector

    The Padua Logistic Hub has been finished in 2010 and it represents the biggest photovoltaic roof of Italy: in fact on the roofs around 12.3 million of Watt has been installed, and 7 shelters used as parking covers. The energy produced by the plant is able to provide energy to 4000 families.  This is a [...]

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    Remarkable Design and Bioclimatic Technology: the Cristal Chile factory

    Having a quick look at the building in the following picture you might assume that it looks like a giant glass bottle. Your assumption is correct; it is this in fact, the idea that stands behind the project of the man who designed the building: the Chilean architect Guillermo Hevia. Even more remarkable is the [...]

About The Project

The project promotes investments in “GREEN-BLUE-ENERGY FACTORIES”: industrial and commercial buildings equipped with single or combined renewable energy sources, able to provide electricity, heating and cooling for the air conditioning of premises, as well as for the business activities housed within.

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The World’s First Solar Powered Ski Lift

First ever solar ski lift offer the Graubünden winter resort in Switzeland. The first solar-powered ski-lift begins operating near Laax last December. The solar panels, named “Solarwings” are mounted just above the run of the ski-lift. Thanks to a tow cable these panels always face towards the sun. The solar installation on the ski lift produces [...]

GBE Factory Workshop in Slovakia

The Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce is organizing a seminar on GBE Factory project on the 3rd April, 2012. Participants will be informed about the project GBE Factory and introduced to some of the best practices around the world as well as two main Slovak cases will be promoted. The seminar is organized in collaboration with [...]

Wind Energy: German market increases again

In 2011 German Wind market registered a clear growth According to current surveys conducted by the German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI), in 2011 in Germany 895 Wind energy plants (754 in 2010) with a power output of 2007 MW (1551 in 2010) have been installed. This means 456 MW more than 2010 and a growth [...]

Matchmaking Event at the Hannover Fair

The brokerage event will take place in Hall 2 on the HANNOVER MESSE 2012 (23. – 27. April 2012) the leading trade fair for industrial technologies, materials and product ideas(www.hannovermesse.de).  The fair itself is very attractive to obtain latest industrial trends, developments and know-how. In 2011 the fair counted approx. 6500 exhibitors from 65 countries [...]

The GBE FACTORY officially selected to represent innovation

23.02.2012 SolarEnergy, Berlin: The two-day leading congress “Energy-Saving Renovation of Large-Scale Properties” at SolarEnergy 2012 is an established think-in for the trade visitors of the fair. The Green-Blue-Energy Factory project was proudly called to be part of the official program (23.02.2012). Individual specialist planners selected by a jury will be presenting refurbishment and retrofitting measures [...]

GBE DRAFT GUIDE

Here you could find the GBE DRAFT GUIDE! GBE-Factory-guide-web