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Zentrum für Therapeutisches Reiten Johannisberg e.V.

Association participation in a riding facility

Association · therapeutic riding & hospitality · Johannisberg · Delivered 2024/2025

−60% electricity costs · association participation via profit-sharing rights

Company profile

Who is behind it

Industry
Agriculture / therapeutic riding & hospitality
Organisation
Zentrum für Therapeutisches Reiten Johannisberg e.V.
Management
Marion Drache
Starting point

The challenge

To lower operating costs and modernise its energy infrastructure, the centre delivered a future-proof concept — actively involving association members.

Solution & system concept

How we delivered it

  1. 01

    Consulting & planning

    Identifying the economically optimal expansion path. All consumers and producers were mapped; load scenarios were modelled with energybrickbuilder.ai.

  2. 02

    New PV system

    A new 25 kWp PV system was installed on the riding facility roof.

  3. 03

    Post-EEG use

    The existing 15-year-old PV system was technically upgraded and kept in service for self-consumption.

  4. 04

    Charging infrastructure

    Two 11 kW charging points for electric vehicles were installed.

  5. 05

    Association participation

    Through profit-sharing rights, association members are invited to participate — the design builds trust and a strong sense of involvement on both sides.

Economic & ecological benefits

What the project achieves

  • Cost reduction: electricity costs fall 60% per year.
  • CO₂ reduction: 10 t CO₂e p.a. via PV electricity (27 MWh at 380 g/kWh).
  • Extended lifetime of the existing system through post-EEG upgrade.
Key figures

Impact at a glance

−60%

Electricity cost reduction

25 kWp

New PV capacity

2 × 11 kW

Charging points

10 t p.a.

CO₂ avoidance

Comparison

Cost and savings overview

Cost factorBeforeAfter (new PV & post-EEG)Saving / effect
Electricity costsStandard grid supplyHigh self-consumption−60% p.a.
PV electricity generated27 MWh p.a.
CO₂ emissions (electricity)~10 t CO₂e0 t CO₂e−10 t CO₂e p.a.
Impressions

Pictures from the project

Zentrum für Therapeutisches Reiten Johannisberg e.V. — project image 1Zentrum für Therapeutisches Reiten Johannisberg e.V. — project image 2Zentrum für Therapeutisches Reiten Johannisberg e.V. — project image 3
Modernising our facility and adding new charging infrastructure not only cuts our energy costs drastically but takes our existing system into a sustainable future."
Marion Drache, Management, Zentrum für Therapeutisches Reiten Johannisberg e.V.
What can be transferred

Takeaway for your project

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