New Burger King Restaurant Using Solar Powered System

This is a new Burger King restaurant in Waghäusel, Germany. The building is hooked up with wind power, solar power, and lighting, heating and cooling systems. They can to reduce energy costs by a whopping 45 percent and slash CO2 emissions by 120 metric tons annually. The wind and solar energy systems at this restaurant supply a third of its total electricity. They were designed in collaboration with Wirsol Solar AG.

The interior heat-recovery ventilation system saves 73 percent of the energy that would be consumed for heating and cooling. The waste heat generate hot water saving 50 percent of the energy typically needed to heat water. Interior and exterior LEDs use 55 percent less energy. There’s also a broiler that reduces gas consumption. This restaurant has a solar-powered electric vehicle charging station for hybrid cars and a rainwater reclamation system for landscape irrigation. There’re more than 720 solar photovoltaic modules that can generate over 53,500 kWh of electricity per year. Then, a wind turbine that can generate about 2,500 kWh of electricity per year.