Elderly in the Netherlands today are not all assured of a suitable home for the rest of their lives. Because sooner or later the safe place that you call home isn’t that safe anymore and does not meet the requirements that come with living on an old age. The main causes of this are mobility issues, diseases or the passing away of people close to you. This is why many old people used to move to an elderly home that assures care and safety. But because of a change in long-term care for elderly many of them do not qualify for a place in an elderly home anymore. The care demand can be met by caregivers at home, but because of the growing elderly population less caregivers will be available in the future. Meaning that more and more elderly people will live in an unsuitable and mostly unhealthy home, without proper care. How can we prevent elderly people from aging in a bad environment?

With technology dependent on electricity increasingly pervading our everyday life the access to energy becomes a driver for our general development and wellbeing. While the access to energy seems as something trivial there is a growing number of people which are unable to pay their electricity bills and are disconnected from the energy grid. With growing energy prices and the need for a costly large scale transition towards sustainable sources of energy this vulnerable group of people will only increase in the coming years. Amsterdam Zuidoost has a large population with low income and low education, while also existing of a large social housing stock of poor building quality. The possibility for this group to make their own housing self-sufficient or even less energy demanding is very low. Through the implementation of a power to ammonia (P2A) plant in this region they can have access to an affordable and clean source of energy. The idea behind this is the
possibility of this plant to buy in very cheap sustainable energy at moments when there is no demand and storing this for later times. This energy can then be redistributed during peak demand and provide the region with a constant and cheap source of energy. Local energy production creates substantial numbers of job opportunities and thus contributes to the local economy, provides social and environmental benefits and improves energy security. The P2A plant will be combined with educational facilities ranging from vocational to higher educational training and providing the neighbourhood with consultancies on energy usage, possible home interventions and information on energy in general.