What does energy-efficient renovation look like when real people are living through it? A new video from the REHOUSE Greek demo site in Kimmeria, Xanthi offers exactly that perspective with a student interview by bringing viewers closer to everyday life in the student dormitories where innovative renovation solutions are being developed and tested. Have a look at our video below.
The demo site, a building built as a student dormitory in 1997, with 1,371 square metres of floor area and over 50 students currently living there. The site has been selected to demonstrate several REHOUSE renovation packages, including a multi-sourced heat pump, an adaptable or dynamic building envelope, and SmartWall. Recent REHOUSE updates also highlighted the use of a modular, prefabricated building-integrated photovoltaic façade combined with on-site battery storage and smart energy management, showing how decarbonisation can be integrated into an occupied building with minimal disruption.
Background of the project
The Greek REHOUSE demo site is located at the student dormitories of the Democritus University of Thrace campus in Kimmeria, near Xanthi. It is one of four demonstration sites across Europe where REHOUSE is validating renovation solutions under real-life conditions, with the aim of making building renovation faster, more cost-effective and more people-centred. The Kimmeria site focuses on an inhabited student residence, which makes it especially valuable as a living test environment for solutions that must perform technically while also fitting into daily life.
Video credits: Mechanical Design Laboratory | Democritus University of Thrace | LinkedIn: MEDILAB-DUTH
Creator & Contributors: Andreas Giannakos; Dimitra Chouliara; Eleni Chatzianastasiou
Author: Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
