EnerXi is designed to control and manage buildings from an on cloud web environment in which different users could know all the real-time energy information: heating, cooling, electricity, hot water... (taken from counters, thermostats, valves, boiler room) may interact with it, verify the impact of the Energy Saving Measures taken, and even determine the economic impact of the consumption patterns in the building.
Local energy is produced and stored in a boat, which can be used in the neighboring houseboat in the evening. Also, the stored energy may be supplied back to the grid.This optimizes own energy, relieves the grid and creates space for large-scale deployment of electric mobility.
The project ship to grid tries to provide a solution for an increasing amount of pollution emitted by boats during lay times. In the past, ship owners could not turn off engines during lay times since no other energy supply was available. The ship to grid concept offers ship owner access to the electrical system of Cologne. This would allow ship owners to turn off engines during rest times and, as a consequence, lower the amount of emitted CO², particular matters and other pollutants.
Residents will be able to use the battery in their electric car to store their locally produced energy. Residents will be able to decide how to put their locally produced energy (i.e. from solar panels) to use. The energy can be transferred to the energy grid, used immediately or stored in the battery of an electric car, to be used at some later time to drive the car or run household appliances.
The city of Amsterdam expects the Energy Atlas to stimulate the use of renewable energy, as citizens will become more aware of their own energy usage and realise that there are gains to be made. Companies will be able to determine their own usage and that of others and find out where renewable sources of energy and the energy infrastructure are located. The Energy Atlas is one of the instruments Amsterdam can utilize to advance the transition to a system of renewable energy (the Energy Transition).
The project aims to study the sun power over whole cities, creating databases and mapping the results. Databases offer an overview about the sun irradiation conditions, photovoltaic production and Co2 emissions saved. Data are interpreted by a specific viewer software which allows navigate over irradiation maps, get information in points, selected areas or the whole city.
Houthaven is a 100% climate neutral district under construction. For the climate control in livings, the Houthaven chose for the combination of city heat and comfort cooling from surface water. The entire energy demand in the Houthaven is being generated sustainable. To achieve this, they build on the principle of the ‘trias energetica’: this leads to a promising package of energy saving and sustainability measures. The livings will get a sustainable casco, and for the heating the Houthaven will be connected to the city-heating network.
The project is based on four separate parts: the first being the construction of Hikari, a block of energy positive housing and office buildings. Secondly, there will be a deployment of a shared group of electric vehicles to be fueled primarily by energy produced from photovoltaic panels installed on the tops of certain buildings. Thirdly, the distribution of ConsoTab, a tablet allowing for the viewing of residential energy consumption, and finally the implementation of this monitoring tool which tracks energy production and consumption for the entire La Confluence neighborhood.
The new Hiukkavaara district is a model for sustainable, arctic building and living. By the year 2035 Hiukkavaara will be a modern urban district with 20,000 people, 10,000 housing units, 1,800 workplaces and smart services for 40,000 consumers.
Hiukkavaara serves as a Living Lab for energy efficient living concepts and solutions. The district offers premises for research, development, testing and launching of new products and services. Hiukkavaara is designed to be human-sized.
BedZED is the UK’s largest mixed use, carbon-neutral development. When it was built in 2002, it set new standards in sustainable building. BedZED comprises 82 affordable dwellings in a mixture of flats, maisonettes and town houses, and approximately 2500 m2 of workspace/ office, and is built on a brownfield site.