SolHyve – energy-plus climate facade

About SolHyve – energy-plus climate facade

Ongoing product development:

SolHyve will be a modular climate facade that generates on-site renewable energy (solar, geothermal & nanowind). It comprises energy-efficient ventilation with heat & cold recovery. Combined with geothermal collectors in the foundation zone, this facade system: ▪ Generates clean electricity (through BIPV & nanowind), ▪ Produces renewable heat for space heating + hot water, ▪ Provides controllable, graded solar shading, ▪ Provides both active and passive space cooling. For user comfort, incoming fresh air is spread evenly through the interior, while minimizing duct space.

SolHyve thus provides a reactive, powerful climatization system that is well-suited for buildings in continental climates with large seasonal variations in the weather circumstances.  In a simplified version, the SolHyve system is suited for buildings in more moderate climates.  In an adapted version, the system is also suitable for buildings in a (sub)tropical climate.  User-steered regulation or automated regulation of the indoor climate per room is possible.

The SolHyve system is appropriate both for new construction and for renovation.

In new-build projects – under optimal terrain circumstances – the SolHyve facade can render the building energy-negative, i.e. produce more energy than the building itself requires per year. The produced surplus energy can be used in the neighbourhood, for charging electric bicycles / EVs, etc. The system contributes to carbon-neutral / carbon-negative building.

In renovation, SolHyve can be used for energy upgrading of existing buildings (high-rise, mid-rise or low-rise). Existing buildings can be retrofitted to improve their energy performance and reduce their GHG emissions.  In certain renovation projects, the “add-on” mounting method is possible: the facade system can then be mounted as a “second skin” around the existing building envelope. This may allow for partially or fully continued building occupancy during a renovation.

Keywords

• Building-Integrated Renewable Energy
• Carbon-Negative Building
• Carbon-Neutral Building
• Climate Facade
• Double Facade
• Energy-Plus Building
• Heat And Cold Recovery
• Heat And Cold Storage
• Hot Water Supply
• Low-Carbon Building
• Low-Energy Building
• Nzeb (Nearly Zero-Energy Building)
• Reducing Ghg Emissions From Buildings
• Retrofits For Energy Performance Upgrading
• Space Heating And Cooling
• Sustainable Climatization
• Sustainable Healthy Ventilation
• Sustainable Indoor Climate Control
• Sustainable Retrofitting
• Zero-Energy Building

Address

• Headquarters

  Staalweg 12612KK DelftZuid-Holland, Netherlands