AGO AG Energie + Anlagen successfully commissions energy plant for Africa's greenest hotel
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Press release, 6 September 2013
AGO AG Energie + Anlagen successfully commissions energy plant for Africa's
greenest hotel
- Highly efficient heat pump system constructed for heating, domestic water
and air conditioning
- Connected to a geothermal field extending over 11 km
Kulmbach, 6 September 2013: AGO AG Energie + Anlagen (WKN: A1TNL4, ISIN:
DE000A1TNL44) has successfully commissioned the energy plant for 'Africa's
greenest hotel located at South Africa's Cape Town International Airport.
In mid-2012, AGO AG Energie + Anlagen was awarded the contract for
planning, development and construction of a high-efficiency regenerative
energy plant for South Africa's Hotel Verde. The company's engineers set to
work developing and building a highly efficient heat pump system for
heating domestic water and air conditioning. With energy efficiency and
power from renewable sources a main area of focus for the new 145-room
hotel, AGO installed a system that is capable of simultaneously cooling and
heating while consuming very little electricity. The company connected the
heat pumps to a huge geothermal system having 11 km of piping and 100
boreholes. In winter, the earth serves as a heat source for the heat pumps.
In summer, excess heat is channelled into the earth. Since the amount of
heat channelled into the earth is just about the same as the amount taken
from it over the course of the year, the earth's temperature remains in
balance in the long term.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit trade organisation,
awarded Hotel Verde its second highest honour - LEED Gold - upon
completion. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) system
takes a look at a number of factors, including sustainable construction and
efficient water consumption. The most detailed part of the criteria
examines the installation, inspection and monitoring of heating and cooling
systems, lighting and facilities as well as the use of renewable energy.
Factors also include the materials and resources employed in construction,
indoor air quality and the building's technology.
'The plant will achieve optimal efficiency as occupancy levels at Hotel
Verde start increasing in the coming weeks. But even now, we are already
proud to be a part of the greenest hotel in Africa. We see this
energy-efficient project, alongside the already existing energy plants for
the Heineken brewery near Johannesburg, as an additional reference for
further innovative energy supply solutions in South Africa,' said Günther
Hein, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of AGO AG Energie + Anlagen.
Additional information about Hotel Verde and the installed energy plant is
available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRo4soEdVH0
Additional information is available at:
http://www.ago.ag/referenzen/hotel-verde-kapstadt/.
About AGO AG Energie + Anlagen:
With its registered office in Kulmbach, was founded in 1980 and is
specialized in the area of innovative and efficient energy supply
facilities for industrial customers and municipalities. Main focus of AGO
AG Energie + Anlagen is laid on the following business divisions: plant
development and implementation, as well as service and consulting. The core
competence of the company mainly commits to thermal power stations, to
heating, cooling and ventilation technology plant construction, biomass
cogenerationplants and trigeneration. Site studies and development,
consulting in energy efficiency, resource and fossil fuel management as
well as emission trade management - these factors complete the business
model. AGO symbolizes efficiency, security and technological competence of
your energy supply facilities.
Company contact:
AGO AG Energie + Anlagen
Am Goldenen Feld 23
D-95326 Kulmbach
www.ago.ag
T. +49 (0) 9221 602 0
F. +49 (0) 9221 602 149
ir-ago(at)ago.ag
Investor Relations contact:
GFEI Aktiengesellschaft
Marcus Kapust
Am Hauptbahnhof 6
60329 Frankfurt am Main
www.gfei.de
T. +49 (0) 69 743 037 00
F. +49 (0) 69 743 037 22
ir-ago(at)gfei.de
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Language: English
Company: AGO AG Energie + Anlagen
Am Goldenen Feld 23
95326 Kulmbach
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)9221 602-0
Fax: +49 (0)9221 602-149
E-mail: info(at)ago.ag
Internet: http://www.ago.ag
ISIN: DE000A1TNL44
WKN: A1TNL4
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Frankfurt in
Open Market (Entry Standard)
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