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« And if it were the road that heated your city? »
To heat or cool the streets and buildings of cities using a new clean, renewable energy source, Eurovia has invented Power Road®, the positive energy road that adds new functionality to the road without changing its initial purpose: mobility.
Eurovia innovation
With Power Road®, Eurovia has devised a new function for roads, namely, the production of heat energy. This development allows roads to capture the sun’s heat energy, which can be stored and distributed to nearby buildings and infrastructure through a heat-pump system.
Energy produced in this way can heat residential and office buildings, shopping complexes, eco-neighbourhoods, and public structures such as swimming pools while enhancing their energy mix. In winter, this energy may also be used to remove snow and ice from roads and airport runways, thereby reducing the need for salting operations. In summer, above-ground heat capture can cool roads and, as a result, lessen the effects of urban heat islands.
Power Road® marks a major milestone in Eurovia’s innovation policy. With Power Road®, the road, without deviating from its primary use, can play a new role in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Uses
In the summer, Power Road® captures the thermal energy from the sun’s rays on the pavement. Then, Power Road® can transfer this heat using a heat pump to the facilities, such as a municipal pool.
By capturing the sun’s energy, Power Road® can cool the upper layers of the asphalt. A consequence of this pavement cooling is to mitigate the effects of urban heat islands (UHI); Power Road® prevents heat from accumulating in the roadway by capturing and storing it.
The energy stored in the probes and redistributed in the exchangers can be used in winter to melt snow and ice on roads, carparks, airport runways, etc.
The stored energy can be used to meet the building heating requirements.
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