La Casa di Ale: un living lab tra autonomia e indipendenza energetica
Offrire la massima autonomia e indipendenza possibile a persone diversamente abili, grazie a soluzioni tecnologiche innovative integrate in uno spazio senza barriere. Da questo sogno nasce a Villa Guardia (CO) "La Casa di Ale". Un living lab dove, oggi, la parola autonomia fa rima anche con indipendenza energetica, grazie all’integrazione di un impianto fotovoltaico da 6,6 kWp e un sistema di accumulo intelligente sonnenBatterie hybrid 9.53 da 10 kWh per soddisfare il fabbisogno energetico dell’abitazione con energia rinnovabile.
La “Casa di Ale” è un edificio particolarmente energivoro. “Tutti i device tecnici e medicali di Ale richiedono molto energia e devono restare collegati 24 ore su 24” spiega Marco, papà di Alessandro, un bambino che all’età di 4 anni, a causa di una malattia, perde improvvisamente la capacità di muoversi e respirare in autonomia.
Da qui l’esigenza di trovare una soluzione energetica efficiente e la collaborazione con sonnen per soddisfare al meglio le nuove esigenze di Ale.
“Con sonnen” spiega Marco “abbiamo potuto contare su un unico referente per tutte le nostre esigenze: dall’installazione dell’impianto fotovoltaico all’integrazione del sistema di accumulo, sino al servizio di fornitura di energia. Una soluzione che copre il nostro fabbisogno energetico e che ci offre anche un notevole risparmio sui costi. Grazie a sonnen, abbiamo raggiunto un grado di autoconsumo del 94%.
In particolare, sonnenBatterie, oltre ad accumulare l’energia prodotta in eccesso dall’impianto fotovoltaico, come un Energy manager intelligente gestisce e ottimizza tutta l’energia della nostra casa, in base alle nostre esigenze. In più, con sonnen App possiamo monitorare in tempo reale l’andamento dei nostri consumi.
Ma ciò che ci ha convinto è stata anche l’idea della sonnenCommunity: una comunità di persone con la quale affrontare le sfide della transizione energetica e costruire insieme un futuro energetico più sostenibile per Ale e per tutte le future generazioni”.
“Siamo davvero felici ed orgogliosi di aver contribuito con il nostro intervento a questo straordinario progetto” dichiara l’Ing. Andrea Rubiu, CEO Sinergies srl, Agenzia Partner sonnen responsabile della fornitura e dell’installazione dell’impianto fotovoltaico e del sistema di accumulo sonnenBatterie. Un progetto che, come sottolinea Fabio Ottavi, General Manager sonnen Italia “è un esempio tangibile della nostra vision: contribuire con le nostre soluzioni innovative e altamente tecnologiche alla creazione di un futuro di energia rinnovabile e a basso costo per tutti”.
Una concept house, un modello replicabile.
“Quando Ale si è ammalato, nel 2016, – spiega Marco - non avevamo né la struttura né le strumentazioni adeguate alla sua nuova condizione. Mi sono però reso conto che le tecnologie più innovative avrebbero potuto offrirgli l’indipendenza e l’autonomia perduta. Così ho cominciato a pensare a una casa con spazi e tecnologie al suo servizio: porte e pavimentazioni a prova di carrozzina, ambienti open space, sollevatori meccanici, sistemi domotici per un controllo vocale”
È così che, nel 2021, l’idea della “Casa di Ale” comincia a prendere forma. E grazie al contributo di un network di aziende, che mettono a disposizione know-how e tecnologie, “La Casa di Ale” è oggi una concept house senza barriere, autonoma a livello energetico, piena di luce e con spazi verdi per favorire il contatto con la natura.
Una casa tecnologicamente avanzata dove l’autonomia di movimento si fonde con l’autonomia energetica, all’insegna di una ritrovata libertà e indipendenza. Una struttura nata per rispondere alle specifiche necessità di Ale, ma dove trovare ispirazioni per lo sviluppo di progetti e soluzioni analoghe dedicate a persone diversamente abili.
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Il Gruppo sonnen è uno dei produttori leader, a livello mondiale, di sistemi di accumulo domestici intelligenti e pioniere di tecnologie che promuovono un sistema energetico pulito e decentralizzato. Per la sua tecnologia sonnen ha ottenuto numerosi riconoscimenti internazionali, come una delle aziende più in espansione in Germania e in Europa. Con la sua batteria virtuale, costituita da un gran numero di sistemi di accumulo domestici connessi in rete, sonnen offre servizi altamente innovativi per i gestori di rete e i clienti. sonnen è presente, con i suoi sistemi, in numerosi paesi e con proprie sedi in Germania, Italia, UK, Australia e negli USA. Nel mese di marzo 2019 è stata acquisita al 100% da Shell e fa parte della divisione Shell New Energies. Altri mercati di sbocco importanti per sonnen sono l'Austria, la Svizzera, l'Irlanda, la Repubblica Ceca, la Svezia, la Norvegia, la Finlandia, la Spagna, la Francia e il Portogallo. Dal 2020 sonnen in Italia opera come player verticalmente integrato, offrendo anche soluzioni chiavi in mano sul mercato retail.
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