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ISFH publishes tenant electricity calculation tool

The Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) has presented a free tool for the individual design and holistic evaluation of tenant electricity concepts.

These offer tenants in apartment blocks the opportunity to benefit from low-cost renewable electricity generated on site. However, profitability depends on many factors, which is why tenant electricity providers can hardly assess whether an investment is worthwhile without assistance. The new calculation tool is designed to solve this problem.

Programme based on Excel
The programme, which is implemented in Microsoft Excel, is based on a model that can be used to compare multivalent supply solutions. In addition to PV systems, small wind turbines and battery storage systems - previously excluded from tenant electricity subsidies - as well as combined heat and power supplies with combined heat and power plants, heat pumps or gas boilers can also be analysed.
The ecological assessment is based on the annual CO2 emissions avoided in the building, which is partly supplied with renewable energy, compared to a conventionally supplied reference building.

Further information and download:
https://isfh.de/forschung/solare-systeme/arbeitsgruppen/elektrische-energiesysteme/mieterstom-tool


Keywords: DE-News, Renewable, Tenant electricity, PV, Tools
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