Fluid Solar House Adelaide

Fluid solar house is located less than 1 kilometre from the general motors holden car factory at elizabeth which is scheduled to close on october 20 after decades of manufacturing.

Fluid solar house adelaide.

Since april fluid solar house has operated free of the electricity grid saving more than 28 000 in power bills. Fluid solar house the aud 8 million usd 6 4m eur 5 3m four storey energy self sufficient building has not been using grid electricity since april this year. Grid connected solar battery aka hybrid systems these have solar panels a battery a hybrid inverter or possibly multiple inverters plus a connection to the main electricity grid. Roger davies in front of fluid solar house breakthrough building technology company fluid solar today cuts the power cord for fluid solar house its new 8 million head office in adelaide which has run all winter on renewable energy independent of sa s troubled power grid using a world first design that cuts construction costs and slashes energy consumption.

Harrold and kite secon consulting engineers pty ltd. System comprises of 100kwp of pv solar and 192kwh of total storage. Fluid solar house is a 4 storey office complex in metropolitan adelaide. The solar panels supply power during the day and the home generally uses the solar power first using any excess to charge the battery.

The building s heating cooling and lighting system has now operated for more than 2 years. The 8 million fluid solar headquarters in adelaide s northern suburbs contains more than two megawatt hours mwh of energy storage capacity comprising about 90 per cent thermal storage with the remaining 10 per cent provided by conventional battery storage. It is a completely off grid concept building providing workspaces for start ups and medical businesses. We were lucky enough to be involved with this exciting new solar thermal building located directly opposite the lyell mcewin hospital at elizabeth vale.

Fluid solar s managing director roger davies at the company s adelaide headquarters which has just cut itself from the electricity grid. Victron energy quattro 48 10000 battery inverters. Davies proposal sounds promising as the technology is already proven using the company s own office and can even be retrofitted onto old buildings in adelaide. 4000ah of neuton power vrla batteries.