ᐅ Is it possible for one house to supply two additional houses?
Created on: 27 May 2019 14:39
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Pianist
Good day to everyone reading!
The trend in Europe is clearly moving towards climate protection and reducing CO2 emissions. Currently, my house and my parents’ house are still heated with oil. I moved into my house in 2000, and my parents’ house is almost 100 years old; its heating system was replaced ten years ago. My house is quite well insulated, and I use about nine liters per square meter per year for heating and hot water. My parents’ consumption is only slightly higher because the house was built with a double-layer wall nearly 100 years ago. Further insulation improvements are hardly feasible since that would likely require renewing the roof structure.
There is a theoretical possibility to build a third house on the property in the coming years. Ideally, I would like to find a solution that completely eliminates burning oil or gas, for example by operating a ground-source heat pump powered by photovoltaic panels. Since the roof design of the two existing houses is not suitable for photovoltaic or solar thermal systems, I am currently wondering if it would be possible to plan and build the third house in a way that it could also supply the two older houses.
Ultimately, I would like a future-proof solution because I aim to live in the third house at some point and support myself with the rental income from the two front houses. In ten years, it will hardly be acceptable to have an oil delivery truck come once a year…
Is this realistic, or completely hopeless?
Matthias
The trend in Europe is clearly moving towards climate protection and reducing CO2 emissions. Currently, my house and my parents’ house are still heated with oil. I moved into my house in 2000, and my parents’ house is almost 100 years old; its heating system was replaced ten years ago. My house is quite well insulated, and I use about nine liters per square meter per year for heating and hot water. My parents’ consumption is only slightly higher because the house was built with a double-layer wall nearly 100 years ago. Further insulation improvements are hardly feasible since that would likely require renewing the roof structure.
There is a theoretical possibility to build a third house on the property in the coming years. Ideally, I would like to find a solution that completely eliminates burning oil or gas, for example by operating a ground-source heat pump powered by photovoltaic panels. Since the roof design of the two existing houses is not suitable for photovoltaic or solar thermal systems, I am currently wondering if it would be possible to plan and build the third house in a way that it could also supply the two older houses.
Ultimately, I would like a future-proof solution because I aim to live in the third house at some point and support myself with the rental income from the two front houses. In ten years, it will hardly be acceptable to have an oil delivery truck come once a year…
Is this realistic, or completely hopeless?
Matthias
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hampshire28 May 2019 10:52Ice storage systems are suitable for multiple houses due to their capacity – for single-family homes, they are generally oversized. The supply temperature needs to be checked.
