CHESS SETUP

It's a see you later!

 

Welcome to our 8th and last newsletter of CHESS SETUP EU H2020 project! After 4 years, this September 2020 it's coming to its end! However, as the title says 'it's a see you later', because we plan to further exploit the key results and you are always welcome to visit the website and contact us via if you are interested in the system. 

 

We wish you a pleasant reading and keep in touch!

 

The European project which has investigated buildings' energy self-sufficiency 

CHESS SETUP Closing Conference

 

On September 18th 2020, we successfully celebrated the Virtual Final Conference of CHESS SETUP. The plan was to held a physical final conference meeting, but due to COVID19 situation all around Europe, the Consortium opted finally for an online conference/live webinar. All the partners had an active role and presented to all the participants (more than 50 people!) the outcomes of the project , the key exploitation results and the transferability of the system towards Nearly Zero Energy Buildings with its innovative approach to thermal energy storage, energy efficiency and self-sufficiency, including Q/A (you can read the Q/A collection report here). We also had a very special guest speaker (Alejandro del Amo, CEO from Abora Solar) who presented the system transferability and the viability of adoption to other real cases. Finally, a visual interpretation of the event was done by Ale Listen & Draws. It provided added-value and new genuine material for divulgation to a large audience and not only to the scientific and most technical community. You can see all the great materials here in our website.  

 

If you could not attend the event or wish to visualize it again, you can watch the full recording on Youtube here and the live-stream here.

 

You can also download the support presentation with all our speakers intervention in the Events page in our website.

 

Thank you very much to all the partners, speakers and participants who made this Final Conference a great success! 

 

CHESS SETUP pilot' results

 

Sant Cugat's sport centre (Spain) 

 

The CHESS SETUP system implemented in Sant Cugat’s is a prototype for a Sports Centre building.

 

The system represents a reduction of 8,3% of the total energy consumption, and a reduction of 9,7% of the greenhouse gases emissions (61,1 tCO2/yr).

 
Sant Cugat pilot
 

Lavola's headquarters (Spain)

 

The CHESS SETUP system implemented in Lavola’s Ecobuilding is a small scale prototype for an office building.

 

The system represents a reduction of 47% of the total energy consumption, and a reduction of 65% of the greenhouse gases emissions (18,8 tCO2/yr).

 
Lavola pilot

Corby's dwellings (England)

 

The CHESS SETUP system implemented in Corby is a prototype for a residential building, replicated in 26 different homes.

 

The system represents a reduction of 45,6% of the total energy consumption, and a reduction of 85,2% of the greenhouse gases emissions (1,8 tCO2/yr).

 

Due to the confinement, the moves of the new inhabitants have been delayed. Furthermore, in the case of already inhabited dwellings, given that most of the inhabitants are teleworking, the buildings currently do not function as they were initially expected. Thus, this COVID-19 pandemic period also affected the operation of the system, increasing heating demand and DHW consumption. However, once we hit the new normal, some of the next steps have already been identified to further improve energy efficiency and cost savings as follows:

  •  Revise the operation schedules for the new normal according the building capacity, the comfort temperatures and the operating hours of the users.
  • Optimize the heap pump shut down to reduce the peak consumption.
 
Corby pilot

Conclusions 

CHESS SETUP can allow significant energy savings for buildings: the energy produced on-site will be consumed on site or reverted to the power grid if necessary.

 

CHESS SETUP makes the energetic needs of the buildings residual, thanks to the use of renewable energy collected and transformed on site. This means a decrease in GHG emissions and an improvement in energy efficiency, aligned with the EU Goals.

 

CHESS SETUP is an economically exploitable model. Being a centralised system it also reduces maintenance costs and energy losses. Both the pilot sites implementation have shown that is a suitable technical and environmental solution, as well as economically viable. Strategic alliances with manufacturers, suppliers, engineering companies and interested parties could open the range of opportunities to replicate the CHESS SETUP model, reducing costs and scaling the implementation of the system.

 

CHESS SETUP brings key solutions for our future: a self-consumption system that could drive us towards NZEB, energy independence, a higher productivity of the grids and a low-carbon society.

Online & Offline

Thanks for following and interactuating with us in Twitter and LinkedIn!

 

In this final phase of the project, CHESS SETUP (CSU) has never been that popular online! We reached more than 400 followers in Twitter and a lot of interaction was made every week. Have a look and follow us here!

 

On a professional side, our LinkedIn page is also more visible with nearly 200 visitors and 76 followers during the last year. Follow us and stay up to date here!

 

The project in a glance!

 

Have a look and download our CHESS SETUP Final Brochure

 

It is designed to provide a completer and concise overview of CHESS SETUP project and system, adding the final results, outcomes and conclusions at the end of the project.

 

Available here in English, Spanish and French. 

 

Besides, we also present you the Final Video of CHESS SETUP. Watch it below!

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Next steps and new collaboration

Can CHESS SETUP system be replicable or scalable?  And expandable?

 

Yes, of course! Real examples of transferability and adoption of the concept and system to other cases were explained during our Final Conference, by our guest speaker coming from Abora Solar company. Have a look at the examples in the Final Conference presentation here (slide 123). 

 

Furthermore, all the project partners have designed a Key Exploitation Plan and joint exploitation strategies to realize the potential market opportunities identified in the market analysis. 

Finally, good news! CHESS SETUP throught Sant Cugat pilot will be expandable and will collaborate with InteGRIDy H2020 project. Thanks to this project, several interesting energy saving measures will be implemented in this centre, including new monitoring equipment to enhance the existing energy management system. Smart tools will be developed on the specific site of high energy demand, in order to carry out Demand Response optimisation. Alongside, additional storage solutions (thermal) or (electrical) the use of distributed Li-Ion batteries will be addressed along with the analysis of the capability of distributed end-user energy storage facilities to help the grid penetration of RES. Such a solution can be replicated in any open public high energy consuming building.

KEEP IN TOUCH! 

 

If you want to know more about the project, the system or interested in its installation, exploitation or collaboration, do not hesitate to contact us. You can reach us via: 

 

- Our webpage

- Our email chess.setup@gmail.com

- Our Twitter account @ChessSetup

- Our LinkedIn page

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