TOWER OF POWER - Electric Vehicle Charging Station

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TOWER OF POWER - Electric Vehicle Charging Station

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A public charging station for electric vehicles (cars, small
trucks, electric scooters, and electric bikes) is planned at the site of
the vocational training center in Vienna.
The station will be located off of Innstraße and may be approached
from both directions of travel. The charging station is also convenient
to the Handelskai, a major traffic artery, from where cars can turn onto
the Innstraße from both directions.Four passenger vehicles and four
bikes may be charged at once, using a parallel series of charging
systems. The tower is situated so that it is visible from all sides,
without significantly reducing solar energy gain to the roof
(photovoltaic system). The roof itself is set back as far as possible
(minimum distance to the traffic route) from the existing BFI building
in order to avoid being affected by it.The remaining areas of the
site will be lavishly greened, and the existing circulation will be
improved and integrated into the new landscape design concept.
Two of the most original architectural gestures, the roof and the
tower, are connected in this project, resulting in a roof that becomes a
tower, and vice versa. The combination of these two archetypes creates a
type of building, which bestows the innovative “solar filling station”
project with an articulated, striking form in terms of function and
symbolic content.The essential functional components of the charging station are located under the roof. The
roof itself provides weather protection, illumination for refueling,
and space for an additional 130 square meters of photovoltaic panels.The
aim is for the tower – a highly visible focal point (Danube Island,
Innstraße, Handelskai, etc.) – to make the charging station noticable
and interesting. It is also serves as effective energy source, by means
of a wind turbine integrated into the structure. An additional billboard
on top of the tower will point to the building day and night.Power
will be supplied mainly through the use of renewable energy sources
(solar, wind, and electric power grid). These will be constructed in
phases, as follows:
• A small wind system in the form of a wind turbine in the charging station • A photovoltaic system on the roof of the station• Power grid hookup: the station will be powered by a low-voltage substation to be provided.• An additional photovoltaic system on the roof of the BAZ2 (Innstrasse complex).
Technical components/charging stations:• Two ABB AC single-charging stations for cars (230V AC) combined with one SEWcharging mat each (contactless power transmission) per VDE-AR-E 2122-4-2• Two Terra 51 ABB DC quick-charging stations for cars (power up to 50KW)• Four single-user charging platforms for 2-wheel vehicles with 230 V• One ABB double charging station for four bikes (type not yet known)
Currently the following companies are involved in realization:
• ABB AG Österreich, Thomas Makrandreou• bfi-Wien, Johann Gettinger, Gerald Lippitsch, Wilfried Rannegger• EKOS Elektrotechnik GMBH, Peter Neumeier• energetica, Markus Maierhofer• EXPLICIT ARCHITECTURE, Lukas Göbl• SEW Eurodrive, Gottfried Quendler• Schmied & Fellmann, Manfred Loidl, Roland Höbling• SIKOM – ESSRA, Roland Höbling