Fluid Solar House Adelaide

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.

Fluid solar house adelaide.

It is a completely off grid concept building providing workspaces for start ups and medical businesses. 4000ah of neuton power vrla batteries. Fluid solar s managing director roger davies at the company s adelaide headquarters which has just cut itself from the electricity grid. 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. Victron energy quattro 48 10000 battery inverters. 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. 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.

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. We were lucky enough to be involved with this exciting new solar thermal building located directly opposite the lyell mcewin hospital at elizabeth vale. The building s heating cooling and lighting system has now operated for more than 2 years. Fluid solar house opposite lyell mcewin hospital designer.

Harrold and kite secon consulting engineers pty ltd. At fluid solar our r d team are at the forefront of sustainable commercial development having completed the world s first off grid solar thermal powered four storey office building fluid solar house in elizabeth vale south australia in 2017. System comprises of 100kwp of pv solar and 192kwh of total storage. 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.