SolarVent

A company striving for the maximum use and benefits of solar energy.

Solarvent is a consulting firm specialized in the developing of PV heat and power solutions. The firm is involved in a number of projects ranging from PV walls and roof solutions, utilising preheated air for power-production, to complex large scale tower installations supplying several hundred dwellings. We deal with all aspects of power production, heat consumption and ventilation optimisation through the development of solutions that are technically, economically operationally viable.

Our aim is to create architectural solutions that further the development of PV heat and power integration principles while, at the same time, adding to the functionality and architectural aesthetics of the buildings whether they be residential, offices, common facilities or used for any other purpose.

SolarVent believe that the dissemination of these principles is very important, and, therefore, is involved in a number of activities dealing with publishing and information about the PV heat and power.

SolarVent has gained wide experience from a number of solar projects over the last 5 years. We have worked on assignments dealing with solar energy in various different ways, but all with the same aim - the maximum use of solar energy. We are employing all our resources to promote, enhance and find new ways of using solar energy as a power source.

We consider, very carefully, the relationship between indoor climate and the saving of energy that can be achieved through the use of solar power, to make the most economic use of what is often a rather expensive investment. Maximum priority is given to indoor climate, which plays an extremely important role in the overall success of the project.

In the year 1998, a housing association, "Frederiksberg Housing Foundation", in cooperation with the companies Cenergia and SolarVent, obtained EU-Thermie support for a solar low energy retrofit housing project known as "SUNVENT". The aim of this project was to establish so-called "solar ventilation towers" in connection with a retrofit of 169 apartments at Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. This project was fully realised in 2000.

The suggestion to the builder to use "solar ventilation towers" as a new building element, derived from the experience gained from a previous EU-Thermie supported project at Østerbro in Copenhagen, where counterflow heat recovery ventilation was utilised for 80 apartments with good results. In this case there was a requirement for the exhaust fumes to be led away over the roof of the building, and this was achieved by integrating the exhaust ventilation ducts into the insulation area of the building's facade.
 

SOLARVENT Aps
Valby Kirkevej 5
DK-2500 Valby
DENMARK

e-mail: solarvent@image.dk
fax: 36 44 30 30
Web: www.solarvent.dk

 

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