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  • New solar control cabinet for safety even in blackouts

    New solar control cabinet for safety even in blackouts

    In developing or emerging countries, blackouts can seriously impact upon the building services of hospitals, schools and public buildings. By launching the Solarhub, Lutz-Jesco is marketing added supply reliability. Among other things, the new solar control cabinet enables the off-grid operation of disinfection systems for safe drinking water.

    While blackouts are still rare in Germany, in many developing or emerging countries such as Haiti or Venezuela, they’re an everyday occurrence. Fragile mains networks make for regular power failures in hospitals, schools and public buildings. Emergency diesel-powered generators often only provide enough power to keep the most critical building service functions going, such as the lighting in operating theatres.

    Heinz Lutz, CEO of Lutz Holding, says: β€œTo mitigate serious situations like this, we’ve developed a new product called the Solarhub – a solar control cabinet that supplies our pumps and disinfection systems with solar energy independently of the mains network.” (more…)