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ELEKTRA is a cooperation project of the Witten-Herdecke-University in Germany, MARTEL, an electronic developer near Cologne and the FORMLOS DESIGN STUDIO.
Stand-by losses in office and household electronic equipment are estimated at 20TWh per year for Germany. 11% of the electricity production for households and offices goes to waste. Wall-packs, which are distributed in great numbers, contribute substantially to the overall stand-by losses.
Technological means to reduce losses in wall-packs are ready at-hand. However,
the market seems to be in a deadlock. The project ELEKTRA developed an integrated
eco wall-pack concept. Environmentally friendly production technologies were
singled out and a product marketing concept was co-established from the very
beginning of the conceptualising phase. Industrial design studies were carried
out: The aesthetic dimension of technology is viewed as an aspect of sustainability,
a market opening and a means for conveying "green" design to market.
The project was presented at the World Expo 2ooo in Hanover, Germany.
<Design> Michael Wolf
<Design> Boris Wachsmann
<Design> Dirk Kels
<Design> Thorsten Frackenpoh
<PDF> project
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<PDF> project
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