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EXTRAORDINARY SESSION CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SUSTAINABILITY REPORT DIRECTORS' REPORT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
SILEREX guarantees excellent acoustic performance and,
since it is made with materials with a low environmental impact,
will contribute significantly to the development of sustainable,
environmentally-friendly building.
On September 1, 2008, Pirelli signed an agreement with the company
Project for Building S.p.A. in which Pirelli granted a non-exclusive
license for the industrial exploitation of this product.
As far as other businesses are concerned, development continued
of a system of intelligent antennas for wireless video systems
within the sphere of broadband access. One of the advantages of
this type of antenna is the high degree of integration and improved
radio coverage. Another significant element is the fact that the
system consumes less energy, due to the presence of sectorized
antennas which do not have omni-directional propagation.
The campaign involving the measurement of photovoltaic systems
based on different technologies installed at the Telecom Italia
telephone exchange at Naples Barra was completed. The work was
conducted within the sphere of the partnership with the ENEA
Research Center at Portici and Telecom Italia.
Pirelli is involved in the development of a solar tracker which will
be larger than the first prototype. While maintaining its low visual
impact, it will also be suitable for land installations of conventional
photovoltaic modules in large-scale photovoltaic plants.
In parallel, CPV (concentrated photovoltaic power) has been
selected as the high-efficiency innovative technology on which
to focus development. This technology has high potential to reduce
costs compared to consolidated photovoltaic technologies.
Photovoltaic cells are used with an efficiency rating of up to 40%
but with surface areas that are 500 to 1000 times less, thanks to
the use of low-cost plastic lenses.
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