Since 2017, the Kortrijk Cotton Spinning Mill has been reinvented as Cotton Park, a contemporary 20,000 m² business centre with space for some 600 people. When renovating the buildings, simplicity and ecological design were the main priorities. At the time Cotton Park was completed, electric mobility was not yet the hot topic that it now is: The centre had one charging point.
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That is now about to change. The business centre is currently installing a total of 56 charging points to allow employees and visitors to charge their EVs while they are parked. It also makes it attractive for the companies renting space at Cotton Park to think about investing in EV fleets.
A clear and user-friendly management system.
For the installation, it was necessary to install an extra-large electrical cabinet. The connections to all charging points are made via four transformers, each connected to one of Cotton Park’s four buildings. The engineering was done in a way that ensures that the cables between the buildings do not cross each other.
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Most of the charging stations are private and therefore allocated to the companies operating at Cotton Park. In addition, there are a number of public charging points. In terms of invoicing, a charging station can seem a complex affair, but nothing could be further from the truth. Thanks to Smappee’s well-organised management system, everything was set up properly and transparently. (mfo)
