SolarCity Linz

The solarCity is established in Linz-Pichling in Austria, an energy-saving living district with about 4,000 people. The local housing estates were built as low-energy design. The idea, that fossil fuels contribute to global warming, and therefore their use should be avoided, was a fundamental concept in the planning.
The planning for the project began in 1992. Since 1999, the 1,300 apartments was gradually built in construction within 6 years. The total cost of the project amounted to 190 million euros, nearly two-thirds of which is for the residential building, and only a third of the total as the cost of the infrastructure.

infrastructure

In the center of the town, locate bank, supermarket, Tobacco and coffee house etc.. interpersonal concerns are good concerned by the staff of the district office and the pastoral care/ meeting center. The children can be good taken care in the family center, a kindergarten a primary school and high school, and also a nursery will be built in the future. In the north of solarCity is then a Recreational areas. Since September 2005, the Linz solarCity is connected by tram to the public transport network, within a half an hour can man get to in the inner city of Linz.

upply and disposal

Energy supply

The hot water is in the solarCity at least one third by solar energy. The remaining two-thirds will be covered by district heating.

ewage water disposal

The wastewater will be disposed and incurred in the separation system. While Gray water is locally managed through a sand bed filter planted and then led to a creek in the neighborhood, The black water is fed conventionally on gravity sewer of sewage treatment plant to the city Asten.

The urine will be separated across special toilets and collected by their own sewers. The nutrient-rich fluid is then issued in the fields of agriculture.

Rainwater is brought where possible to seep away. Larger quantities of rain will have their own channels or be fed to the raceway in north of the solarCity.

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References

*2003 "Auer+Weber+Architekten Arbeiten 1980-2003 Works", Birkhäuser Publishers, Basel
* Some of this Article is self-made translation from [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity_Linz]

External links

* http://www.solarcity-linz.at/