Type: Master assignment
Contact (internal): Johann Hurink and Gerwin Hoogsteen
Company: Heijmans Energy Services
Introduction of Battery storage systems within commercial building typologies
The energy transition has a big impact on the built environment. Shifting to decentralized power generation from renewable sources and volatility issues place a burden on the current electrical grid. To balance the grid and to keep increasing the share of sustainable energy, the application of different energy storage systems is on the rise. In couple of years, it is well within expectation that every commercial building has its own ESS (energy storage system), to seamlessly cooperate with the PV panels and energy management of the property, and interact with other buildings (both nearby or ‘virtually’) and offer balancing services to grid operators. But how do we integrate these systems in existing buildings? Which systems and technologies have a high potential, both from an economical as sustainability perspective? (circularity, resource scarcity) Which new management and control strategies should be developed, both to monetize new business models in this field and to decrease the carbon emissions to an absolute minimum?
The project is available in cooperation with Heijmans Energy Services. Contact Gerwin Hoogsteen and/or Johann Hurink for more information:
