The pioneering Power Road® solution is heating the centre managing road operations across the Hérault department

Power Road® has covered all this new office building’s heating and cooling needs since 2019, and it is now a technology showcase in the department.

 

  • CO2 emissions dropped 85%
  • Avoiding 8 tCO2eq a year
  • Energy costs down 60%

A few key figures

Needs: 

  • Heat production: 35 MWh a year
  • Cold production (geocooling and air conditioning): 8 MWh a year

 

Installation:

  • Power Road® area: 400 sq. metres
  • Inter-season storage:
    – Heating: 5 geothermal loops, 120 metres deep
    – Cooling: 2 geothermal loops, 100 metres deep
  • Heat pump: 34 kW
  • Coefficient Of Performance: 4.4
  • Energy Efficiency Rlooatio (cooling): 4

Praise for Power Road®

Power Road® was selected by Cerema (the French Centre for Studies on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning) through a call for projects relating to innovation applied to roads and highways. The Hérault department enlisted Power Road® directly through a public contract under an experimental programme as provided by articles R. 2172-33 and 34 of the French public procurement code.<

 

“Power Road® satisfied the departmental council President’s requirements relating to environmentally-friendly solutions. We will use Power Road® extensively, notably in roads and car parks by other buildings.”

Philippe Pourcel, Technical and Innovation Director, Hérault department

 

Power Road® in pictures: