Meyer Burger hybrid collector technology reduces the use of non-renewable energy sources in combination with other system components in the pioneering “Suurstoffi” project located near the railway station in Rotkreuz, Switzerland. The local energy is harvested on the roof, stored in the ground and raised to the required temperatures at the desired time with the aid of heat pumps. This provides the entire “Suurstoffi” development, which is being built by the Zug Estates Group, with an emission-free supply of electricity and heat.
By 2018 an integrated, traffic-free district in which living, working and leisure activities are combined will have been built on the “Suurstoffi” site in Rotkreuz-Risch in central Switzerland. When complete, the “Suurstoffi” development will provide space for 1,500 residents and around 2,500 jobs. The initial building stage was completed in spring 2013. The residential concept offers an impressive diversity of well-thought-out floor plans and high quality materials. In the first phase with some 230 apartments, there are no less than 160 different floor plans.
Second building phase
In a second building phase, with an investment volume of around 100 million Swiss francs, Zug Estates is erecting an office building and a residential development with nine buildings. The entire “Suurstoffi” development is based on a CO2-free energy concept and as part this concept, all building roofs in the second phase are fitted with hybrid collectors from Meyer Burger. The Swiss-made hybrid collectors from Thun are capable of increasing the development’s degree of self-sufficiency from 67 % to 80 %. The degree of self-sufficiency will be further increased in the planned third building stage.
