The Via Bolzano 4 condominium was built in 1966 and has eight, four-room, 85 m² apartments.
It has an energy rating of G (the lowest possible). There is no central heating, only individual heating units with no energy monitoring or control systems.
The building currently has envelope water/air leakage and a maintenance/retrofit is scheduled by R2M Energy independently of the Lightness Project.
Given this planned renovation, there is the opportunity to retrofit and showcase a “smart condo” concept consisting of interventions like:
- Formation of a Citizen Energy Community at the building-level.
- Installation of 20kWp solar system on a rooftop.
- Change of energy supply contract to AXPO with new contractual options and flexibility.
- Blockchain-enabled energy management.
- Real-time analytics and data available to prosumers.
An ENER2CROWD crowdfunding campaign was conducted in December 2021 to finance the retrofit of the Smart Condo. 151.010 € were raised within few hours from the campaign opening.