The European project Store4HUC develops solutions for renewable energy sources and their storage in historic and protected buildings. Supplying the aforementioned buildings with renewable energy is not always easy, let alone storing the energy. Visible changes on the buildings are not possible, due to protection, and the subsequent installation of energy savers inside the buildings is often difficult. This often requires imaginative solutions. Historic city centers in Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia are included. Store4HUC presents pilot buildings that offer innovative systems for renewable resources and energy storage. At the Bračak Castle near the Croatian town of Zabok, we will be able to see the installation of the photovoltaic system and battery storage. For an elevator in the Italian city of Cuneo, a new energy storage system will replace the conventional chemical-based battery. In Slovenia, the library of the municipality of Lendava will be connected to the district heating network and an energy storage system based on paraffin cells will be introduced, while in Weiz, Austria, a biomass heating system for the church and parish will be supplemented with a hot water storage tank. The University of Zagreb will also develop a software tool to assess the impact of energy storage in protected buildings and energy independence.
The Store4HUC project is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE program, financed by the European Regional Development Fund.