Customer
Hubert Burda Media is an international media group. Its products include the magazines Bunte, Focus, and Chip Online, as well as the business platform XING and the retailer Cyberport. Its nearly 10,000 employees generate around 3 billion euros in annual sales. The 67-meter-high Hubert Burda Media Tower at the company headquarters in Offenburg is an office building from the 1960s that was extensively modernized in 2004. Its 7,200 square meters of gross floor space accommodate 200 workstations. Since 2025, the sp.ICE ice storage system in the underground concrete tank has provided efficient air conditioning.
Scope of supply and services
- Planning, production and on-site assembly
Purpose of the system
Improve the energy efficiency of the existing refrigeration system by integrating an ice storage unit. Expand reserve capacities to cover peak cooling loads
Challenge
Short delivery time, space-saving storage in concrete tanks
Client
Sell GmbH
Commissioning
2025
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