Floating passive house close to mass production - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
“The AUT-ARK Home is a perfect example of
how the homes of the future will look,” claims Peter Meijers, Managing
Director of IBC Solar B.V. in the Netherlands enthusiastically. Once it
has been anchored at its mooring, the passive house does not need to be
connected to a waterside power supply – electricity and water are
produced and treated by the home itself.
“This is of particular interest in those areas where there is an
abundance of rivers and lakes and only limited housing space. This
problem could be solved with the passive house, which offers a new,
self-sufficient living space,” explains Meijers. Thanks to its
innovative construction and self-sufficiency concept, the floating
passive home is ten times more energy-friendly than a conventional home
of a comparable size.
Peter Meijers was immediately convinced of the idea of the
self-sufficient home and offered his advice in designing the power
supply from the very beginning. The planning stage of the project was
quite complicated. For example, the construction plans for the passive
home were altered several times. IBC Solar B.V. adapted the energy
concept for each draft accordingly. IBC Solar B.V. took on the costs of
the entire planning process and design of the photovoltaic system.
After the planning phase was completed, IBC Solar B.V. supplied a
total of 24 Yingli Panda YL265 WP photovoltaic modules and a SMC 6000A
type inverter for the prototype of the AUT-ARK home. A solar energy
storage unit system consisting of 24 batteries stores the generated
solar power, thereby guaranteeing an energy supply that will last for a
total of four days. The necessary 230 V grid voltage is generated by
means of the bi-directional stand-alone inverter Sunny Island 5048. The
residents can use the IBC SolGuard Monitoring System in their living
room so that they are always able to keep an eye on the current output
of the photovoltaic system. In adverse weather conditions, a bio-diesel
generator supplies the home with additional power.
The solid EPS exterior makes the 130-ton-heavy floating home more
buoyant. The water needed for drinking, washing-up and washing is
extracted from the bilge water by osmosis. Waste water is purified in a
cellar tank and returned to the surface water in a 90% purified form.
The various on-board water tanks increase the stability of the home.
Warm water is generated by six heat collectors installed on the roof and
heats the entire living space above the integrated floor heating. In
the summer months, cold water from the tanks also runs through this
system to keep the AUT-ARK home cool.
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AUT-ARK home
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