HOLISTIC

Some highlights of the HOLISTIC project results at the three demonstration sites include:

Neuchâtel:

• Installation of a photovoltaic plant on the roof of the new stadium La Maladière;
• Extension of a photovoltaic plant on the roof of the CPLN technical college with an increase in plant capacity by 11 kW;
• Installation of additional PV capacity at favourable locations (cumulated installed power of over 581 kW);
• Minergie certification of an educational building with a total of more than 120 rooms;
• Construction of 771 m2 building consisting of eight apartments;
• Retrofitting of a municipal building from the seventies, in addition to a 1570 m2 building by the lake;
• Retrofitting of the Neuchâtel University of Law, resulting in real energy savings of 125 MWh/yr or a 29% reduction in consumption against pre-retrofit data.

Dundalk:

• Evaluation conducted of flow battery storage system at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) in conjunction with a large scale wind auto-producer;
• Study carried out into the energy production and transaction costs associated with energy supply contracting to design, build, operate and manage (DBFO) a biomass district heating scheme for three public sector organisations with locations in Dundalk;
• Measures were identified and undertaken to upgrade Louth County Hospital Campus and Oliver Plunkett nursing home. Meter data from a 6-month period indicate actual savings to be 719,598 kWh delivered energy and 214 tonnes of CO2 reduced;
• Launch of a Sustainable Energy Communities programme in Ireland.

Mödling:

• A new police department was constructed as good practice example for new public eco-buildings;
• Construction of new commercial building with energy performance of a very low-energy house standard;
• Refurbishment of one public building (Kindergarten Eisentorgasse) and five private buildings;
• Simulation conducted of three Optimised Energy Management scenarios;
• Solar roof programme designed to promote the installation of 430kWp of PV and 2000 m² of sun collectors.