Project Resset

The aim of this project is to study and propose global strategies, tools and guidelines that will promote the efficient and cost effective global implementation of Renewable Energy Sources systems and techniques in new-build settlements in Europe. The specific objectives of the project include the combination and adaptation of scientific and technological knowledge with best engineering and architectural practice in order to study, develop, propose and disseminate global actions on the integration of RES systems and techniques in new-build settlements, the development of tools for best practice and economic efficient development and management of new-build settlements, the study of the existing legislative framework on the implementation of advanced RES systems and techniques in settlements, the assessment of five case studies on the global integration of RES in settlements planned to be constructed in Europe, the integration of the results and conclusions into a set of design guidelines for managers and designers of settlements, urban sites and utilities.



GERMANY - Solar Settlement in Freiburg

PROJECT SUMMARY

In the south of the City Freiburg (200.000 inhabitants), located in the South-West corner of Germany, a new district (42 ha) is being developed for 5,000 inhabitants and will be completed in 2006. The new district is called "Quartier Vauban" after a French army barrack site on the same place, that was abandoned in 1992.

The Project "Solar Settlement in Freiburg" aims to erect six buildings with altogether 90 units for mixed use (ca. 80% housing, 20% workspace) in the North-Western corner of Quartier Vauban. The six multifamily houses will provide four storeys plus basement and will be of compact shape and in good exposition to the sun.

The aims of the development are to provide housing with a minimum of energy demand for heating, high living quality and fitting best into the neighbourhood and given infrastructure - while at the same time minimising the extra costs in relation to standard buildings to a minimum. A team of architects and engineers, specialised on modelling low energy houses and solar gains, has been invited by a group of private investors to plan the six buildings.

On the following pages, these aims as well as the given circumstances are explained. The process of selecting alternative measures to reach the objectives will be described, with a special emphasis on the cost-benefit considerations in the area of insulation, heat generation and the design of the planned buildings.



GREECE - Roumeli settlement

The municipality of Kekropia remise to DEPOS an area of 548.422 m2 for the construction of a village named "Roumeliotiko". The central aim of the Greek government is the conservation of the Greek cultural identity. The responsibility for the planning and the construction of the creation of the village "Roumeliotiko" was taken by the Ministry of Public Works and DEPOS. Greek government offers these houses to people that have migrated Greece and are returning. DEPOS aims to give at emigrants the opportunity to buy a house friendly with the environment with low cost.

The idea is about a completed ideal village at the site "Paleros" of Kekropia, in Aitoloakarnania, on the west coast of Greece. The village "Roumeliotiko" is 103 km far from Mesologi, 17 km far from Bonitsa and 2,5 km far from "Paleros" community.

The aim of the project is the invention of resource methods so that people do not have problems of heating and cooling in the houses. The proposed solutions have to be friendly to the environment and of course do not create financial problems. As a result, a group of scientists and engineers developed interesting ideas about the heating, the ventilation and the cooling of the houses, as a conclusion of calculations and simulations. In the next pages, there is a specific description about of the structure of buildings in the village as well as a piece of information about the possible scenarios for the best solution in the problem of cooling and heating the place with resource methods and refurbishments.



SPAIN - Pou del Merli settlement

Martorell is in Catalonia, in the province of Barcelona in the region of Baix Llobregat, near to Barcelona (20 km) Martorell is a first residential area and an industrial town with a population of 22.500 inhabitants and a surface area of 12.9 km2 The main energy source of the region are nuclear electricity (65 %) and natural gas The climate is Mediterranean, but 30 km from the sea, with some days of the year below 0 °C



SWEDEN - Västra Balltorp in Mölndal

The case study project comprises a settlement including 100 dwellings, in the in the city of Molndal on the Swedish west coast. There will be a mixture of 1-2 storey single family houses, terraced houses and attached houses. The ownership will be private or semi-private. The project is focused on providing high quality, modern, energy efficient and sustainable houses at affordable costs.



UNITED KINGDOM - West Hendon

PROJECT SUMMARY

The West Hendon Regeneration scheme is located in a suburban area of northwest London, in the south east of the United Kingdom.

The project is a regeneration scheme of approximately 1500 dwellings, involving the partial demolition of local authority owned stock on the site & it's replacement with a range of new housing, at a very much higher density. This will be achieved while still providing a high quality environment. Some of this will be for rent & shared ownership by Ealing Family, but a much larger amount of new housing for outright sale on the private market will also be provided. A proportion of the existing buildings will be retained & refurbished, for rent, by the local authority.

The aim of the development is to investigate the range of renewable energy sources, systems & technologies, and to incorporate the most appropriate within the regeneration scheme, with the aim of creating a sustainable community with optimum renewable energy solutions.

Strategies will include the use of passive measures, such as daylighting, as well as the incorporation of active renewable energy sources & systems, assessed on the basis of technical performance, capital & operating cost, as well as the social & environmental impacts on the community.



COMMON DOCUMENTS



PARTICIPANTS

Project Coordinator

Public Corporation for Urban Development and Housing
DEPOS
Dorylaiou 10-12
115 21 Athens - GREECE
TEL: +30-210-7513669
FAX: +30-210-7522173
e-mail: developvb@tee.gr

Partners

Institute for Acceleration Systems and Applications, University of Athens
IASA/NKUA
P.O. BOX 17214
ATHENS- GREECE
TEL: +30-210-7276847
FAX: +30-210-7295282
e-mail: msantam@cc.uoa.gr, pdoukas@phys.uoa.gr

WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur Planungs-KG
Sylvensteinstrasse 2
81369 MUNICH
GERMANY
TEL: +49-89-7201224
FAX: +49-89-7201291
e-mail: laurenz.hermann@wipmunich.de, christian.epp@wip-munich.de, phil.spaeth@web.de

FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN HEATING AND AIRCONDITIONING ASSOCIATION
REHVA
DE MULDERIJ 12
3831 AV
THE NETHERLANDS
TEL: + 45-36496111
FAX: + 45-36490891
e-mail: per.rasmussen@holgera.dk, sstp@rainside.sk, rehva@srbii.be

Christer Nordstrom Arkitektkontor AB - C.N.A.
Asstigen 14
SE-436 45 - Askim
Sweden
TEL: + 46 31 28 28 64
FAX: + 46 31 68 10 88
e-mail: cna@cna.se

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH LONDON UNL/LEARN
166-220 HOLLOWAY ROAD
N78DB - LONDON
UK
TEL: + 442077535187
FAX: + 442077535010
e-mail: a.jacobs@unl.ac.uk, j.solomon@unl.ac.uk, m.wilson@unl.ac.uk

Ealing Family Housing Association Ltd
105-113 Broadway
W13 9BE - LONDON
UK
TEL: +44 20-8621-9841
FAX: +44 20-8840-9217
e-mail: phil.thompson@efha.org.uk

BCN Cambra Lógica de Projectes, S.L.
Sant Joan 8
E 08629 - Torrelles de Llobregat /
Barcelona
SPAIN
TEL: + 34936890136
FAX: + 346890545
e-mail: europa@bcnprojectes.es