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\ Windmill
Located at the top of the tower, two large windmill directed
towards the dominant winds produce electricity facilitated by the height
of the tower. The produced electric power is about 200 to 600 kWh per
annum. These wind machines are also used as station of pumping in order
to ensure the circulation and the recycling of rainwater recovered in
roof and on the urban development of the complex.
\ Photovoltaic panels
4 500 m of photovoltaic panels included into the facades generate
electricity from solar energy. Completed by the wind mill production,
the Tour Vivante is a self-sufficient building.
\ Canadian wells
The core of the tower receives a network of ventilation shafts in which
circulates of the air drawn from the ground with approximately 15°C.
This system enables to refresh the new air in summer and to heat it in
winter. The chimney effect generated by the linear of the greenhouses
acts as complement of this system of ventilation. |