Heritage building goes with the flow

Urban infill and the repurposing and renovation of heritage buildings can lead to unexpected challenges, when increased occupancy and new building usage results in higher electricity demand. The developers of a 100 year old building in the Australian city of Adelaide encountered exactly this, enlisting the assistance of locally-developed bromide flow batteries to meet peak demand. Redflow’s Ben Shepherd sets out the case study.

Issue 02-2019

The Darling Building in central Adelaide was built in 1916. Architectural firm Williams Burton Leopardi purchased the building in 2015 with plans to restore it. Six of Redflow’s 10 kWh ZBM1 flow batteries were installed in the basement of the Darling Building. This solved an issue with the building’s energy supply which could have scuppered the company’s restoration plans.

Image: Williams Burton Leapordi

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