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2022-10-27
BUSSELS EXPO: 12,000 sqm OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON THE HALL ASTRID
Brussels Expo would be equipped with photovoltaic panels. The Astrid hall (01/330), built in 1999 following the competition won by Samyn and Partners on 95-06-20, was already designed at the time to be equipped with photovoltaic panels on a roof initially imagined glass. In the end, aluminum was chosen for the roof, because of its lower cost. With its 12,000 sqm of photovoltaic panels and 1,200 kWp (peak power), it would be the largest installation in square meter visible in Brussels. This project would also be Samyn and Partners’ largest photovoltaic panel installation. As a reminder, in 2000 already, we equipped the Houten fire station in the Netherlands with 416 sqm of photovoltaic panels. This was also the case in Libin-Transinne where the southern slopes of the roof and facade elements of the Euro Space Center (01/518) receive nearly 3,500 translucent photovoltaic panels over nearly 4,500 sqm with a power of 439.26 kWp. Not to mention the headquarters of the Council of the European Union, Europa (01/494) and its photovoltaic umbrella of 636 panels producing 251 kWp. More recently, the roofs of the MAP (01/640) in Salzinnes should also soon have 5,000 sqm of photovoltaic panels.
Attached is the proposal from Samyn and partners.