In Denmark, we discovered the Energy Tower with an original design
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Recently in Denmark Crown Prince Frederick solemnly opened the tower for the production of heat and electricity, the project was created by an architect from Holland Erik van Egeraat. The new power plant is capable of the needs of Roskilde (a city in Denmark) in electricity and heat with the help of waste from nine municipal districts located nearby.
An architect from Holland Eric van Egeraat graduated from his project for a garbage and power plant that was built in the Danish town of Roskvill. For the construction of the power plant, the latest technologies were used, in addition, it has its own peculiar appearance.
The construction of such power plants is an important step towards the implementation of the Danish government's program to reduce the amount of garbage in landfills, and the new power plant in Roskilde has significantly improved the city's landscape with its unusual appearance.
Erik van Eregaat won the design contest in 2008 and was selected as the project architect. Presented at the competition, the work of Eregaat perfectly suited the flat relief of Roskilde, and also received great support from the city's residents.
Now above the city stands a spire, whose height is more than 90 meters, fringing the chimney of the power plant. The front side of the building is made of two parts - internal (to provide a climate barrier) and external. The outer layer is covered with aluminum plates, in which round holes of different shapes are cut out for laser cutting.
At dusk on the facade of the building, a special illumination lights up, which turns the power station into a kind of lighthouse, symbolizing the production of electricity. The testing period of the fixtures took quite a long time, since the architect put out high demands for lighting, first of all, it was necessary to achieve the technical ability of the fixtures to realize a non-standard lighting plan. Also, each lamp had to be controlled personally and provide a general expressiveness of the building, in addition, the ability to cover a rather complex projection screen and to have the necessary power and brightness was taken into account. Of course, the main condition of the project was low power consumption.
With these tasks, over one hundred luminaires and about 80 LED ribbons that were controlled by software were well handled, which was developed individually for the project by Martin Professional.
The construction cost more than 1 billion Danish kroner, excluding the cost of interest. Due to the new power plant, about 65,000 homes and 40,000 farms receive heat and electricity.
At the last Roskilde festival, before the official opening, the power station flashed an orange glow that symbolized the color of the festival and illuminated the main stage of the festival.
In addition, another distinguishing feature of the power plant is the ability to change the image with the help of a futuristic lighting design, which was developed based on a variety of actions designed for certain topics to show the viewer the basics of generating electricity during the processing of garbage.
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