Part of making an sustainable building is making it self-sustaining in energy provision or at least try to approach self-sufficiency. To become energy independent, different strategies can be applied. First and for all energy needs to be harvested. Besides this, energy consumption will be reduced en energy needs to be stored. Overall, less energy will be consumed and energy can be transferred in time from periods with high availability to periods with low availability.
Exploring the energy options
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Energy harvesting
Different options and ideas to make a building sustainable in terms of energy.
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Saving on heating and cooling.
Ideal temperatures are fundamental in the workplace. Savings need to be made in the direction of…
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Saving energy on light
It is obvious nowadays that we need light in our buildings. In a faculty building light is needed…
