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SanLucar Fruit

Automation of active facades

Obiekt: SanLucar Fruit
Lokalizacja: Puçol (Region Valencia), Spain

The project was planned by the architecture firm Sanahuja & Partners and was heavily influenced by the “biophilic design” school of thought. This architectural approach endeavours to incorporate nature into building spaces and interiors to a greater extent. External sun protection systems are an example of how intelligent building technologies can be used to attain biophilic design goals: they control the entry of direct sunlight and so reduce the level of direct radiation. Dynamic façades provide shade for the building and can generate electricity in an environmentally-friendly manner. Moreover, the appropriate management of daylight ensures pleasant illumination of the interiors and thus a healthier work climate. The Nice branch office in Spain and elero jointly developed a solution for the best-possible use of sunlight with Umbelco, a provider of sun protection blinds with more than twenty years industry experience.

The installation in Puçol in the Valencia region for SanLucar Fruit, a company with international operations and a premium brand for fruit and vegetables, comprises 41 Picolo XL 200 elero façade motors. These automatically power the lamellas used in this project, aluminium slats with a width of 48 cm and a thickness of nearly 10 cm. The Picolo XL motor with its elegant and compact design is very well suited for integration into façades as it can move lamellas made of aluminium, glass or any other high-quality material individually. The lamellas are positioned right down to the millimetre. Thus the linear actuators are ideal for façades and solar power systems with sun tracking. The smooth movement of the cylinder rod and the constant speed of the linear actuator allow for tracking of the sun’s position without the need for a measuring device.

Linear actuators made of 1.4301 stainless steel and fitted with IP 65 protection round off the offering from elero in this market segment. Once again elero and Nice have thus shown themselves to be true specialists in this sector, making a further valuable contribution on the topic of intelligent construction and living.

Further information on elero linear actuators is to be found at www.elero-linear.com