In the setting of the energetic renovation of the old buildings, SYCOMOREEN has designed and build an Additional Plant for Energizing Productions from the Sun [APEPS]. This installation is convenient for dwelling houses which have a yard, preferably orientated towards the South

It is made with a photovoltaic plant of 9 kWp, a framework of wood and wide transparent windows which are sticking on the existing walls : the half-transparent panels are producing about 12 000 kWh of electricity each year and allow in combination with the bright glazed openings the simultaenous catch of the thermal solar energy inside the building. The loan of this annex to the existing walls brings a thermal insulation which is significantly lowering the energy losses by :
1) reducing the thermal gradient between the inside and the outside of the dwelling (that is limiting the losses by thermal conduction) 
2) strongly decreasing the wind and the turbulences on some walls of the dwelling, (that is limiting the losses by conducto-convective carrying away)

Optionally, this available annex can be used as a bioclimatic garden all the year or even to shelter a swimming pool, or to stay a simple warehouse with a clay ground. Linked to the grid since october 2014, 29th and really feeding it with electrical energy since November 2014, 4th, this APEPS has already produced more than 2000 kWh for only 4 months of winter (november and december 2014, january and february 2015).

Through this triple effect of energetic lever (electric production - catch of the solar thermal energy - insulation of the building), such an installation is allowing a whole autonomy of the adjoining dwelling with heat and electricity [Energy-Plus-House] and another productions or complementary services according to the needs / wishes of the owners / operators.