En­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient neigh­bour­hood

Con­cep­tion of an en­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient res­i­den­tial dis­trict based on a ge­ot­her­mal-based en­er­gy man­age­ment sys­tem

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In­tro­duc­tion

The project serves as a mod­el for fu­ture ur­ban de­vel­op­ments as it shows how neigh­bor­hoods can be made en­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient by in­te­grat­ing mod­ern tech­nolo­gies and sus­tain­able en­er­gy con­cepts. It pro­vides a blue­print for sim­i­lar projects in oth­er cities and re­gions by test­ing in­no­v­a­tive so­lu­tions for en­er­gy sup­ply in ur­ban ar­eas.

The goal

The aim of the project is to de­vel­op a dis­trict that is char­ac­ter­ized by ex­ten­sive en­er­gy self-suf­fi­cien­cy. This means that the en­er­gy sup­ply with­in the dis­trict is large­ly cov­ered by lo­cal, re­new­able en­er­gy sources in or­der to make a con­tri­bu­tion to sus­tain­able ur­ban de­vel­op­ment. The mea­sures aim to make the dis­trict as in­de­pen­dent as pos­si­ble from ex­ter­nal en­er­gy sources and at the same time con­tribute to re­duc­ing CO₂ emis­sions.

Smart En­er­gy and En­vi­ron­ment

Fo­cus top­ic

in im­ple­men­ta­tion

Project sta­tus

2023-2026

Du­ra­tion

Pill­nitz

Area of ap­pli­ca­tion

2.6 mil­lion eu­ros

Bud­get

En­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient res­i­den­tial quar­ter
The most im­por­tant in­for­ma­tion

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How does the en­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient res­i­den­tial quar­ter ben­e­fit the en­vi­ron­ment?

The in­creased use of re­new­able en­er­gies such as so­lar en­er­gy and ge­ot­her­mal en­er­gy sig­nif­i­cant­ly re­duces CO₂ emis­sions, which helps to com­bat cli­mate change. In ad­di­tion, less en­er­gy and there­fore re­source con­sump­tion means less en­vi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­tion.

How does the en­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient res­i­den­tial dis­trict im­prove every­day life?

Smart-Home tech­nolo­gies of­fer res­i­dents the op­por­tu­ni­ty to con­trol their house­hold ap­pli­ances and heat­ing sys­tems via apps, mak­ing every­day life more con­ve­nient, cost-ef­fec­tive and en­vi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly.

What new pos­si­bil­i­ties are there?

The in­te­gra­tion of charg­ing in­fra­struc­tures for elec­tric ve­hi­cles and the pro­mo­tion of car shar­ing with elec­tric cars fa­cil­i­tate ac­cess to en­vi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly mo­bil­i­ty.

How can I par­tic­i­pate or prof­it?

The shared use of lo­cal­ly gen­er­at­ed en­er­gy and sus­tain­able mo­bil­i­ty so­lu­tions strength­ens the sense of com­mu­ni­ty. Res­i­dents iden­ti­fy more strong­ly with their neigh­bor­hood and ac­tive­ly con­tribute to sus­tain­abil­i­ty.
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En­er­gy ef­fi­cien­cy first and fore­most

Sev­er­al mea­sures to in­crease en­er­gy ef­fi­cien­cy are planned in the "En­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient res­i­den­tial dis­trict" project. The ren­o­va­tion of ex­ist­ing build­ings and the con­struc­tion of new build­ings are in­tend­ed to min­i­mize en­er­gy con­sump­tion in the dis­trict and use ex­ist­ing en­er­gy sources more ef­fi­cient­ly. The new build­ings are to be con­struct­ed to high en­er­gy stan­dards, e.g. as pas­sive hous­es or en­er­gy-plus hous­es, which gen­er­ate more en­er­gy than they con­sume.

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Use of re­new­able en­er­gies

The in­stal­la­tion of so­lar pan­els on roofs and oth­er suit­able sur­faces in the neigh­bor­hood is one of the main mea­sures for gen­er­at­ing elec­tric­i­ty from re­new­able sources. These sys­tems are in­tend­ed to cov­er a sig­nif­i­cant pro­por­tion of the en­er­gy re­quire­ments. In ad­di­tion, ge­ot­her­mal sys­tems are to con­tribute to en­er­gy gen­er­a­tion. Deep bore­holes with an in­te­grat­ed heat ex­change sys­tem, known as ge­ot­her­mal probes, are planned to tap in­to ge­ot­her­mal en­er­gy.

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In­tel­li­gent con­trol sys­tems

These sys­tems au­to­mat­i­cal­ly con­trol the op­er­a­tion of heat­ing sys­tems and oth­er en­er­gy-in­ten­sive ap­pli­ances based on the avail­abil­i­ty of re­new­able en­er­gy or cur­rent en­er­gy prices. This min­i­mizes en­er­gy con­sump­tion and adapts it to gen­er­a­tion.
Dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies are used to ef­fi­cient­ly con­trol en­er­gy gen­er­a­tion, stor­age and dis­tri­b­u­tion and make op­ti­mum use of avail­able re­sources, mak­ing a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to achiev­ing en­er­gy self-suf­fi­cien­cy.

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Sus­tain­abil­i­ty in every­day life

Smart Home sys­tems can be in­te­grat­ed in­to the in­di­vid­ual build­ings in the dis­trict, en­abling res­i­dents to mon­i­tor and con­trol their en­er­gy con­sump­tion in re­al time. This helps to raise aware­ness of how to use en­er­gy more con­scious­ly. With these dig­i­tal­iza­tion mea­sures, every­one is in­volved in con­trol­ling the sys­tem and com­fort is in­creased at the same time

En­er­gy self-suf­fi­cient res­i­den­tial dis­trict
Ben­e­fits for the econ­o­my

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An op­por­tu­ni­ty for com­pa­nies in Dres­den

The trans­fer of knowl­edge and the ap­pli­ca­tion of the de­vel­oped in­tel­li­gent build­ing con­trol sys­tems en­able com­pa­nies to mon­i­tor and con­trol their en­er­gy con­sump­tion. Sys­tems such as IoT (In­ter­net of Things) net­work en­er­gy and heat con­sumers in or­der to op­ti­mize en­er­gy use.

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Use of en­vi­ron­men­tal heat

Ge­ot­her­mal sys­tems are used to heat and cool build­ings. In sum­mer, they dis­si­pate the heat from the build­ings in­to the ground and reuse the stored heat in win­ter to heat build­ings and pro­vide hot wa­ter. The con­stant ground tem­per­a­ture al­lows the heat pumps to work more ef­fi­cient­ly.

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WID - Wohnen in Dres­den

 

Our mis­sion is to cre­ate and main­tain af­ford­able hous­ing in the state cap­i­tal Dres­den. With this task, we as­sume so­cial re­spon­si­bil­i­ty.

 

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