NET-ZERO “PLUS”
The new traffic base for the Graubünden cantonal police is the first NET-ZERO building to be completed in Switzerland.
A «net-zero building» is a structure that generates as much energy as it consumes over the course of a year. The building is designed to minimize energy consumption through a variety of energy-efficient technologies and practices, while also producing renewable energy on-site.
In aditition, the grey energy used for the construction of the building, will be recovered after one generation (around 25/30 years) by the excess of the energy generated on site per year. Undertanding “grey energy” as the amount of energy no renewable uses to build the house, from the extraction of materials, fabrication, transport, use and final deconstruction.
