District Office Sigmaringen, Germany, 2015 At the end of 2014, the extension of the district office in Sigmaringen, Germany was completed. The four-storied office building with 8,300 m 2 accommodates 190 employees. “We want to be modern and energy-efficient. It is all about reducing running costs in future”, states the former district administrator Dirk Gaerte at the groundbreaking ceremony in 2012. In order to fulfill these requirements, the following measures were planned: Thermal insulation of the building to on average approx. 25–30 % below the required levels of EnEV (German Energy Conservation Regulation) 2009. Efficient sunblinds control with conductance factor of = 0.2 according to VDI 2078 and automatic slat adjustment according to the sun position. Use of efficient lighting inst

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