A toast on start-up success with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
EIT Awards Winner 2016 Nerdalize, a Climate-KIC alumni start-up announced their plans for expanding their collaboration with Eneco on Wednesday 7 December in the presence of Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
In 2016, Eneco and Nerdalize have tested the results of the eRadiator in households and the outcomes of the tests are very promising. This drives both parties to make the eRadiator available for a larger number of customers. Mark Rutte was thrilled to toast on this success.
Computer servers that perform calculations generate a lot of heat. By installing these servers in people’s homes instead of centralised large data centres, the generated heat can be used to heat these homes at no cost. The purpose of the test was to collect information on customer experience and to identify possible areas of improvement of the eRadiator.
It was the first time the design radiator with built-in server was installed in ordinary households. The servers perform complex calculations for a variety of companies and knowledge institutes, such as new medicine-related research for Leiden University Medical Centre.
A study carried out in cooperation with the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computing Science shows that companies and institutions that require a lot of processing power can reduce their costs in the area of accommodation and cooling of datacentres by 30 to 55% with the concept developed by Nerdalize.
There are major environmental benefits, because the same energy is used for two different purposes: computation and heating.
Nerdalize - The future looks warm and bright! from Nerdalize on Vimeo.
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