About
Open Thor Living Lab is a renewable energy company headquartered in Genk, Belgium specializing in Solar, Energy Storage, Other.
Open Thor Living Lab is a large-scale living lab at Thor Park in Genk, Belgium, where energy and building innovations are developed, tested and demonstrated in real-life conditions. It combines the Thor science and business park, the Nieuw Texas social housing estate, the Waterschei garden suburb and KRC Genk facilities. Its work focuses on the energy transition, positive energy neighbourhoods, renewable heating and cooling networks, smart energy data, and construction innovation. It is coordinated with EnergyVille and VITO and involves European research projects such as oPEN Lab, EU-DREAM, HUME and Rolling Solar.
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Focus areas
Products & services
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Value chain
Service areas (3)
Testing and demonstration
Full-scale testing, validation and demonstration of energy and building solutions in a real-life living lab environment.
Data platform
SmarThor cloud data platform providing secured access to Open Thor Living Lab energy and building data for researchers, policy makers, facility managers and industry.
Co-creation and innovation ecosystem
Co-creation with residents, researchers, industry and governments on positive energy neighbourhoods.
Locations
Headquarters
Thor Park 8310, 3600, Genk, Belgium
Service regions
Projects
4THOREAQ
Test and demonstration infrastructure for building and energy innovation, including two identical test houses, a robotics lab and an outdoor construction lab.
ConstrucThor
Large-scale climate-neutral testing infrastructure for construction technologies, being built at the Open Thor Living Lab.
CollecThor
5th generation district heating network within the Open Thor Living Lab, connecting existing and future buildings to explore thermal network potential.
Nieuw Texas renovation
Large-scale deep renovation of energy-intensive social housing in the Nieuw Texas district, transforming homes into energy-efficient dwellings.
Credentials & affiliations
Partnerships
VITO, EnergyVille, NV Thor Park, City of Genk, KU Leuven, University of Porto, Blue Corner, Alfa Technical Installations, Multiobus, Leasinvest Real Estate, Move
