Article source: Arkitema Architects

On Samsø, focus is on sustainability with a range of renewable energy projects. Samsø Energiakademi. Has been built to collect and make available this knowledge. The experience gained from the many renewable energy projects on Samsø, from windmills to straw-based district heating, from rap seed tractors to solar collectors, are presented here. The doublewinged academy is situated in the middle of e green meadow with a view of the sea. Close to the energy of the sea and with the sun beating down on it.

The energy-produced elements of Energiakademiet are integrated in the “staircase elements” of the prefabricated zinc-plated roof. Current is produced in the visible crystalline solar cells incorporated in the zinc elements (Images Courtesy Thomas Mølvig)

• Architect: Arkitema Architects
• Name of Project: Samsø Energiakademi
• Address: Samsø, Denmark
• Client: Samsø Energiakademi
• Landscape: Arkitema Architects
• Engineer: Tækker Rådgivende Ingeniører
• Size: 643 m²
• Construction: 2006

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