Renewable country hotel

Abstract

The aim of this project is to study the possibility of getting a house, isolated to the network, as sustainable as possible. It means to achieve the maximum energy savings without neglecting the economic aspect. This should take into account many factors such as using the resources of the place in the best efficient way and be innovative whether it is possible or not. As the house is supposed to be placed in a quite mountainous area, resources that should be developed are wind, solar and geothermal power. In order to get energy from those two resources, solar panels, solar collectors and geothermal pipes should be used. So at the end of this project the house should have the following installations: • Geothermal pump installation in order to keep the house warm: Different alternatives will be analysed so as to get the best option to heat the house. Once the possible solutions are explained, one of those will be choose to be installed in the hotel. • Solar Panels installation so as to connect to the net: In the design of solar photovoltaic installation selling electricity instead of using it for the house own consumption will be more profitable. This is because of the high purchase price of the kWh generated by the photovoltaic solar energy. • Solar thermal installation to provide hot water: This energy will be used in order to produce hot water. Different possible alternatives to this system will be studied and the reasons of the chosen alternative. • Electrical installation: The electrical installation will be performed with its wiring planes and single line diagram. The size of wires will be calculated throughout different criteria. Other objective to be achieved is to get a significant reduction in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, as it is an important issue throughout these years.