Apartment and Solar Energy

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  string(1496) "[THIS CONTENT IS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE] The residents of this apartment wanted to generate energy themselves in a time of rapidly rising energy costs and energy transition. They also wanted to gain more insight into their energy consumption so that they could be reduced where possible. Their vision was that the increased consumption of electrical energy (caused by their desire to live without gas as much as possible) would be compensated with their own energy production.



The challenge before us had several facets.



First of all, it was an apartment in a building from the 1950s. A time when insulation and optimized energy management were not 'top of mind'. The shared ownership of the complex limits the options that the residents can carry out entirely under their own control. Particularly when we talk about energy-saving measures such as insulation or adjustments to the facade for more insulating windows and doors, it is necessary that all owners of the building want to invest in this simultaneously. Unfortunately, there were other priorities at the owners association.



Secondly, the residents had a limited horizon for this house in view of their own future plans. And finally, users indicated that they did not shy away from technology, but even embraced it. However, this was on the condition that they did not want too many changes at once, but that they wanted to introduce them into their lives step by step."
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  string(1425) "[THIS CONTENT IS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE] With our modular concept based on the Loxone Miniserver, we have proposed a phased approach to the residents of this apartment, whereby they have control over the pace at which the next phase is carried out. And where each phase takes a step towards the end goal of the users and adds comfort to the living experience of the users. This gives them time to get used to the unfamiliarity of new technology, but at the same time they experience that every step is really a step forward.



The unique thing about this apartment on the edge of the Belgisch Park in Scheveningen is that the spacious residents' garden and the garden house are fully owned by the residents. This provided us with roof space that could be immediately used to install solar panels. We have chosen to tackle energy production in the first phase of their journey and compare this to total consumption. This way we could make maximum use of the limited time in which there are still stimulating government subsidies in the Netherlands for generating energy with solar panels by homeowners. At the same time, residents have gained insight into the 'budget' that is available for electrical energy for their gas-free living ambition.



We have achieved the desired energy production using 500 Watt peak SwissSolar solar panels, a SolarEdge system and Valk Pro frames."
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Together with the residents, we have now established that the energy generated will meet the higher energy needs of the future heat pumps."
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The challenge before us had several facets.



First of all, it was an apartment in a building from the 1950s. A time when insulation and optimized energy management were not 'top of mind'. The shared ownership of the complex limits the options that the residents can carry out entirely under their own control. Particularly when we talk about energy-saving measures such as insulation or adjustments to the facade for more insulating windows and doors, it is necessary that all owners of the building want to invest in this simultaneously. Unfortunately, there were other priorities at the owners association.



Secondly, the residents had a limited horizon for this house in view of their own future plans. And finally, users indicated that they did not shy away from technology, but even embraced it. However, this was on the condition that they did not want too many changes at once, but that they wanted to introduce them into their lives step by step."
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The unique thing about this apartment on the edge of the Belgisch Park in Scheveningen is that the spacious residents' garden and the garden house are fully owned by the residents. This provided us with roof space that could be immediately used to install solar panels. We have chosen to tackle energy production in the first phase of their journey and compare this to total consumption. This way we could make maximum use of the limited time in which there are still stimulating government subsidies in the Netherlands for generating energy with solar panels by homeowners. At the same time, residents have gained insight into the 'budget' that is available for electrical energy for their gas-free living ambition.



We have achieved the desired energy production using 500 Watt peak SwissSolar solar panels, a SolarEdge system and Valk Pro frames."
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Together with the residents, we have now established that the energy generated will meet the higher energy needs of the future heat pumps."
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Country

City

Den Haag - Scheveningen

Build year

1957

Area

220

Loxone partner

NewBricks Management BV

Products

» Miniserver Go » Nano IO Air » Modbus Air

Challenge

THIS CONTENT IS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE.
The residents of this apartment wanted to generate energy themselves in a time of rapidly rising energy costs and energy transition. They also wanted to gain more insight into their energy consumption so that they could be reduced where possible. Their vision was that the increased consumption of electrical energy (caused by their desire to live without gas as much as possible) would be compensated with their own energy production.

The challenge before us had several facets.

First of all, it was an apartment in a building from the 1950s. A time when insulation and optimized energy management were not 'top of mind'. The shared ownership of the complex limits the options that the residents can carry out entirely under their own control. Particularly when we talk about energy-saving measures such as insulation or adjustments to the facade for more insulating windows and doors, it is necessary that all owners of the building want to invest in this simultaneously. Unfortunately, there were other priorities at the owners association.

Secondly, the residents had a limited horizon for this house in view of their own future plans. And finally, users indicated that they did not shy away from technology, but even embraced it. However, this was on the condition that they did not want too many changes at once, but that they wanted to introduce them into their lives step by step.

Solution

THIS CONTENT IS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE.
With our modular concept based on the Loxone Miniserver, we have proposed a phased approach to the residents of this apartment, whereby they have control over the pace at which the next phase is carried out. And where each phase takes a step towards the end goal of the users and adds comfort to the living experience of the users. This gives them time to get used to the unfamiliarity of new technology, but at the same time they experience that every step is really a step forward.

The unique thing about this apartment on the edge of the Belgisch Park in Scheveningen is that the spacious residents' garden and the garden house are fully owned by the residents. This provided us with roof space that could be immediately used to install solar panels. We have chosen to tackle energy production in the first phase of their journey and compare this to total consumption. This way we could make maximum use of the limited time in which there are still stimulating government subsidies in the Netherlands for generating energy with solar panels by homeowners. At the same time, residents have gained insight into the 'budget' that is available for electrical energy for their gas-free living ambition.

We have achieved the desired energy production using 500 Watt peak SwissSolar solar panels, a SolarEdge system and Valk Pro frames.

THIS CONTENT IS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE.
Loxone makes it possible to take a journey together with the residents of our projects to the ultimate living experience, where automation creates the real 'home' feeling. After completion of this first phase, we discovered, together with the residents, that we could achieve enormous energy savings by tackling their lighting. This phase has now also been completed and the next one is already ready.

Together with the residents, we have now established that the energy generated will meet the higher energy needs of the future heat pumps.
Tycho KramerTHIS CONTENT IS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE.
Managing Partner

Apartment and Solar Energy

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