ᐅ Ice Storage Systems in Prefabricated Houses (New Construction) – Providers

We were unable to economically calculate the ice storage system even when scaling it up to industrial dimensions, so we chose a trench collector instead.

I strongly advise against using this for single-family homes unless you have substantial liquidity and benchmarking is important to you. It definitely won’t pay off financially—I’m quite certain of that. Companies that can execute this properly are extremely rare.

What do you find most important about the ice storage? The air conditioning in summer?

Here is a recent photo from my home office, with the interior on the left and the exterior on the right.

Self-sufficiency is constantly at 100%.

Yes, exactly, it’s that system people say doesn’t work and wouldn’t even want if it were free—the cooling through the heat pump. It works perfectly, and I’m currently working from home because the temperatures there allow me to think clearly.

How large should the house be? The Bauhaus style only really works starting from a certain size. And a cubist design alone is not Bauhaus style…

We also calculated a seasonal thermal energy storage system. It didn’t have enough capacity to heat the pool. With the additional costs, we could have heated the house for the next 30 years.

HeimatBauer schrieb:

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Yes, exactly, it’s this system that supposedly doesn’t work and that no one even wants for free, namely simply cooling via the heat pump. It works perfectly, and I’m currently working only from home because that’s where I have temperatures that allow me to think clearly.

I can confirm that passive cooling through my ground source heat pump definitely helps achieve more comfortable indoor temperatures (combined with summer thermal protection integrated into the wall and roof construction as well as external venetian blinds). However, of course, there is a limit to its effectiveness during very long heat waves.

i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

I can confirm that passive cooling through my ground-source heat pump definitely contributes to more comfortable indoor temperatures (combined with summer heat protection in the wall and roof construction as well as external venetian blinds). However, at some point, this method ceases to be as effective during very long heatwaves.

How have you addressed the issue of condensation, which is quite relevant with this type of cooling?

Allthewayup schrieb:

How did you solve the issue with condensation, which can be quite relevant with this type of cooling?

There is an indoor sensor that measures temperature and humidity. If there is a risk of condensation, the system automatically adjusts.