HONE Future Building Multi-Residential Accommodation Solutions for ESG and nZEB compliance.
The design of energy use in our buildings is changing quicker than at any other time historically. Fast evolving Government & European policy, in addition to changing customer climate expectations, are unprecedented.
Using HONE’s Thermal/Electric Renewable Technology, which holds the world’s highest output performance per sqm, allows the development of the most climate-friendly energy systems. HONE TE panels make both heat & power from the same area and are certified to produce seven times more kWhr per sqm versus Solar PV on its own. This means you only need 14% of the roof space versus Solar PV to make the same energy.
Four thousand coal plants produce 40% of the world’s electricity today. Eighty countries are using coal power, up from 66 in 2000, and another 13 plan to join the club. The stark reality is that natural gas power generation is ordinarily used to replace coal-fired baseload. We need baseload power to allow renewables onto the grid. However, Natural Gas, also a fossil fuel, is limited by pipeline supply. Hence, as everyone switches away from coal, which is currently happening, demand goes up, so prices go up and grid electricity & energy in general keeps getting more expensive.
We must reduce the volume of energy buildings need to import. We need to make them more sustainable and protect the families who will occupy them.
Large Multi-Res buildings have limited roof space so HONE becomes the perfect solution for ever-increasing energy compliance standards.
The ADVANTAGES using HONE in large scale accommodation projects are:
- Significantly lower CAPEX than any other nZEB option.
- Significantly lower OPEX than any other nZEB option.
- Faster Practical Completion.
- Vastly Improved Energy Ratings exceeding nZEB compliance with Super nZEB, NET ZERO & PEB options.
- Occupiers will have very low energy bills, ultra-high comfort and pay zero carbon tax.
- PRS schemes will attract higher rents as the best low energy homes are highly sought after.
What practical differences are there with HONE versus any other nZEB option:
- You can reverse all your U-Values to backstops and lower your fabric costs.
- No requirement for toxic F-Gases, which are high in emissions as used in heat pumps.
- No extensive OPEX retrofit program every 7 to 10 years as with heat pumps.
- No need for reactionary maintenance teams 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- No need for constant tenant/owner occupier engagement on service issues.
- Any mechanical & electrical services are centralised systems.
- The amount of mechanical & electrical infrastructure is significantly reduced.
While HONE solutions are based on a renewable heating & electricity energy centre, there are other advantages if the building adopts future energy systems.
- Buildings are easily upgradable for total off-grid/micro-grid renewable power generation when grid reliance becomes an issue.
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Basics of Multi-Res M&E design using HONE: The advances made in building regulations with enhanced airtightness mean buildings have low space heating requirements. However, hot water and electricity consumption is rising, especially electricity, as electric cars become normal.
- SMART Intelligent Electric Radiators service the small heat load, thus reducing a significant mechanical distribution system requirement.
- HONE Renewable District DHW system.
- HONE Renewable Electricity system. (which can go into landlord services, EV charging services can act in a Hybrid format with the Renewable Thermal DHW system)
- HONE systems can be installed in new or retrofitted into existing buildings.
- HONE systems can be designed to do renewable cooling and DHW and Electricity production in locations where it is required.
HONE System Configuration Diagram – (click to enlarge)
Ireland data – Renewable Production temperatures of 84C – 22 November 2021.
HONE TE panels produce BOTH Renewable Heat & Power
IE Example of Provisional PRS Apartment (47 sqm) Energy Ratings, A1 Net Zero and A1 PEB. (click to enlarge)
IE Example of Provisional PRS Apartment (106 sqm) Energy Ratings, A1 Net Zero and A1 PEB. (click to enlarge)
UK Example of Provisional PRS Apartment (80 sqm) Energy Ratings, A Net Zero and A-Rated PEB. (click to enlarge)
UK Example of Provisional Apartment (88 sqm) Energy Ratings, A Net Zero and A-Rated PEB. (click to enlarge)
