Sustainability
Net-zero on Ameland
De Vrijheid generates the energy it consumes. See live below how our house performs.
De Vrijheid generates the energy it consumes. See live below how our house performs.
By exporting solar energy back to the grid, we've avoided about 122 kg of CO₂ emissions. That's equivalent to 6 trees absorbing CO₂ for a full year.
A net-zero home generates as much energy over a year as it consumes. A real balance measurement, not just on paper. For De Vrijheid that means: solar energy as the engine, smart storage to bridge nights and dark days, and step by step disconnecting from fossil sources.
For you as a guest, nothing changes — warm showers, cooking, relaxing all work as you'd expect. You just know that the energy behind the meter has been generated as cleanly as possible.
Six solar panels of 485 Wp each generate more than enough on a sunny day to run the whole house and still have energy left over. The surplus goes back to the grid — or soon into the home battery.
We're installing a home battery so we can store our own solar energy for evenings and nights. That makes the house less grid-dependent and keeps us as self-sufficient as possible, even in winter.
We're working step by step toward a home without natural gas. With a heat pump and electric hot water, we heat the house cleanly and quietly — without the fossil dependence on gas.
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