AFRESH house
AFRESH Home is a project that showcases innovations in sustainable housing construction. The Home was developed using off-the-shelf technology, a flexible design, health conscious design, and high quality building practices. The house has been continuously retrofitted (in partnership with BC Hydro) since 2007 to make it a net energy producer and a test bed for BCIT’s Smart Microgrid research (GAIT). This house showcases:
- Forced air heating system using a geo-exchange/heat pump system with heat recovery;
- Photovoltaic panels (approximately 3.2 kW installed);
- Demand response smart appliances;
- Natural gas combined heat and power fuel cell (0.5 kW electricity, 1 kW heat)
- Energy management system with storage capability;
- Wireless zigbee programmable thermostats;
- Various technology of smart meters (including PLC communication);
- Electric vehicles charging station;
- Vertical axis wind turbine (5 kW at 12 m/s; starts rotating at low wind speed: 2.1 m/s).
- And much more book a tour of AFRESH House for further details.
The AFRESH Home serves as an applied research facility supporting research projects through the:
- Building Science Centre
- Centre for Energy Systems Applications
- Centre for Infrastructure Management
- Group for Advanced Information Technology – Smart Micro Grid
Energy conservation: (coming soon) GJ/yr or ekWh/yr
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