This site All sites HOME PAGE CONTACT SITE MAP SAPA GROUP SAPA GROUP ABOUT US ALUMINIUM AND R&D CONTACT JOBS NEWSWALL SUSTAINABILITY NEWS 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 POWERHOUSE COULD BE 'TESLA OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY' 2014-10-08 Sapa is one of the partners in Powerhouse, a partnership for energy-positive buildings. It has shown the way for building in the future and could become ”the Tesla of the building industry." "Buildings account for 40 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Suppose an ordinary, worn-out office building could produce twice as much energy as it consumes? This utopian idea is now a reality – in Sandvika outside Oslo." This is how an article in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten introduces the first "Powerhouse," which is a refurbished office building just outside Norway's capital city. The office building is energy positive, meaning that it produces more energy than it consumes over its lifetime. On top of that, it produces enough electricity to compensate for the energy used to set up and refurbish the building and to produce the materials used. To learn more about how the Powerhouse has been designed to be energy positive, click here to read the translation of the full article. Visit Powerhouse on the web YOUR LOCAL SAPA SUPPLIER Choose Area Sapa Extrusion Group site Extrusions Argentina Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Hungary India Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom USA Vietnam Sapa Building Systems Domal Original Systems Sapa Building System Technal Wicona Sapa Precision Tubing Precision Tubing group site Market & Product Areas Automotive Big Profiles Pole Products Rail Solar Thermal Management Wind FOLLOW US FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN YOUTUBE FLICKR SLIDESHARE SCRIBD NEWS SHAPES SAPA 2014 CONTACT US LEGAL POLICY PRIVACY POLICY © Sapa group