Tatarstan President gets acquainted with Smart House project in Lyon
24 June 2014, Tuesday
On June 24, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov got acquainted with Smart House project in the suburbs of Lyon (France).
The main feature of the project is that it consumes less energy than it produces. According to the designers, air conditioners are not used in the "smart house", the minimum amount of energy is consumed for heating, the geothermal heat pump system is used.
Rustam Minnikhanov was told that the work on the quality of lighting in all areas of "Smart House", excluding the use of electric light in the daytime, is underway.
Tatarstan President also looked around the terrace of the "smart house" made of a special material capable of accumulating and giving the accumulated heat.
The achievements of modern French engineering, landscape design are used in the project "Smart House". A cluster of ecoenergy, uniting more than 300 enterprises, is also located here.
Tatarstan President was also told that the "Smart House" standards will be applied in the modernization of the architectural monument, the building of the former prison, where one of the educational institutions will be located afterwards.
Rustam Minnikhanov proposed sending Tatarstan specialists to Lyon for detailed study of modern technologies and materials, as well as design elements used in the "smart house".
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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