Providing most of a building’s energy selfsufficiently
1 Water supply
Fresh water flows from the external water supply to the in-house energy center. Here it is heated and leaves the energy center to supply bathroom and kitchen with hot water.
2 Gray water
In the energy center, the remaining heat is first extracted from the used shower water. Then the water is cleaned in an environment-friendly way and flows on into a gray water reservoir, which supplies the toilets.
3 Floor heating
The water from the floor heating flows back into the energy center, is heated and can be resupplied to the heating circuit.
4 Indoor climate
Surplus heat from the bathroom, kitchen and potentially from the living area can be extracted to the energy center. Fresh air is supplied by natural ventilation. Optionally, an air conditioning system can be realized which cools and purifies the air before being lead back into the rooms.
5 Building climate
If an atrium is realized in the arcade, fresh air is guided underneath the building into the leafy atrium. The preconditioned air rises, gathers more heat and if needed, is directed to the energy center.