CASA 1.0
CASA 1.0: Innovation galore in social housing
CASA 1.0 is the first building to be built and delivered in The district of the future (2021). The complex consists of three innovative and social rental apartments. CASA stands for Comfortable, Affordable, Sustainable Alternative and was developed by a team of students from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The students set the ambition of realizing a comfortable, affordable and sustainable alternative to social housing. The idea came from Antoine Post, a physics student. Despite hearing a lot about sustainable developments, he did not see this reflected in average housing. Together with other students, he decided to give shape to the ideas of designing a sustainable home. They founded the student team CASA and developed and built CASA 1.0 together with the Eindhoven construction company Hurks and housing corporation Woonbedrijf.
Preventing peak loads
The concrete-free complex – made of steel and fully reusable wood – has an innovative climate system. The secret behind this can be found under the house: namely a 104-cubic-metre water basin. The heat pump extracts heat from the house in summer, which is then used to heat the basin under the house. That heat is then used in the cold winter months to heat the entire house. Thanks to this system, there is no excess energy in summer or shortage in winter. Peak load on the electricity grid is thus prevented. The energy used by the heat pump comes from the energy roof, which generates both electricity and heat via a solar panel and solar water heater. CASA 1.0 thus effectively consists of three zero-meg houses.The service core
The heating and various technologies come together in the heart of the house: the service core. To allow all systems to communicate and control each other, Team CASA designed its own control technology. CASA 1.0 consists of modular units with a minimal use of glue. This minimizes demolition costs and optimizes the re-use of materials. Concrete is deliberately not used because of its environmental impact. Thanks to the Smart Construction principle, material consumption, waste, and CO2 emissions during construction have been reduced.
Continuation in The district of the future
The concept of CASA 1.0 is now being further developed by Integer Technologies, a start-up by former students of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Woonbedrijf wants to realize several ‘CASA complexes’ in The district of the future.
More info on the home and technology can be found on the site of Integer Technologies.
You can also visit the site of Team CASA to see what projects the students are working on now.
OWNER PROJECT
Team CASA
PARTNERS
among the partners municipality of Helmond, ZonMw, and many others
PROGRAMME LINES
Circular district | digital district | district with energy