Homelab 2050 7 What will the home be like in 2050?
The speakers' talks and presentations gave a good overview of the overall Homelab2050 programme.
Prof Jos Lichtenberg's presentation dealt with aspects of the future home, indicating that many building solutions are and will be coming, and explained this with examples of already realised low-energy condominiums. The use of sustainable building materials with their recycling potential was also highlighted.
The presentation by Ir. Hans Buitenhuis showed that the integral design of the house in cooperation between the architect and the installation consultant leads to the desired performance levels for a built house with a view to 2050.
The energy situation was also portrayed by monitoring energy consumption, with surprising results. The analyses of the energy management of the situations in seasons. The proportions of energy use in and around a low-energy house were also compared with charging and using an electric car. It also discussed to what extent one should go into applying new better materials for insulating and yet making an existing home energy efficient. With a look at the necessity, energy requirements and possibilities of energy storage in and around the home to bridge periods of low wind and sun.
Dr Albert van de Molen's presentation with Power2gas took this further, but on the scale of the Netherlands. Solar and wind energy in the form of electricity is used to produce synthetic gas, which can be formulated to have the same quality as natural gas. For production, CO2 is taken from the air, making it CO2 budget neutral. The existing natural gas pipeline network / infrastructure can be used for this purpose. Albert calculated that the capacity of energy storage in gas is many times larger and simpler than in batteries, while being able to anticipate fluctuations in demand much more flexibly. Centralised production could take place in the north of the Netherlands. However, in order to phase out the natural gas pipeline network, a spatial development plan should be drawn up, which areas can keep the (natural) gas connections and which cannot be maintained (economically). A pilot site can be visited in Rozendaal. A company visit is being prepared by KIVI-EL.
Dr Carolien van Hemel led the discussion on the theses as chairman of the day and kept a firm grip on the discussion on a number of theses.
The presentation and discussion of the theses can be seen again with the following video link of this meeting Homelab2050 session 7.
To watch back the earlier presentations and video link, these can be found in the Homelab2050 programme
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Description
Future Housing in 2050:
"The houses that are being built now and in the near future will still be there in 2050. Will they meet the requirements and wishes of 2050? Are we taking into account important issues of the future?".
We have explored in six meetings this year what the house in 2050 should meet and this based on the five aspects mentioned in the Home2050 LOGO. Several speakers expressed many wishes such as for energy supply, for comfortable and healthy living and also presented many techniques to make this possible. However, it is not yet clear how this will evolve in the future. In this meeting, four speakers will present their vision of the future and discuss the opportunities and challenges yet to be met. In this meeting, we want to arrive at a synthesis of the six previous meetings. We also want to achieve this partly by posing a number of propositions, to which we will try to find an answer in a panel discussion.
Propositions
We also want to achieve this partly by posing a number of propositions, to which we will try to find an answer in a panel discussion.
One of the propositions is:
The balancing regime has changed and power trariffs will be variable in 2050. Storage of own PV power in a home battery will then be commonplace.
It is the best solution to achieve a cheap energy system.
Interaction:
The new KIVI website allows our members to give input. We therefore invite our listeners to suggest propositions that we can address in this meeting.
Summary
In this final meeting, speakers with long experience in this field will present their vision of the future about their experiences with current projects and their vision of the 2050 home. This will be followed by a panel session where we will try to paint a picture of the house in 2050 and what challenges lie ahead.
For additional information, visit http://www.kivi.nl/homelab2050
Speaker(s)
Dr C. van Hemel Utrecht Sustainability Institute day chairman
Prof Dr Jos Lichtenberg, Chair of Product Development, Faculty of Architecture Tue
ir. J.J. Buitenhuis, Managing Partner, DWA Bodegraven
Wigger Verschoor, Project Leader Sustainable Built Environment, Urgenda
ir. ing. Albert van der Molen, Strategist Asset Management, Stedin Netbeheer
Location
Booth Room Library Utrecht University
Heidelberglaan 3 3584 CS Utrecht
Organiser
Electrical Engineering
Name and contact details for information
Dr.ir. Steven Luijtens ing. Paul van Moerkerken pvmoerkerken@gmail.com ing. G. Heijst Dr.ir. Eric Persoon