Off-grid homes and communities · Kazakhstan
A home that makes its own power, heat and water
TUTO designs and develops passive homes and residential communities with no connection to central utility grids. Solar generation, a private well, biological wastewater treatment with no discharge to sewers or water bodies, and one control system for everything.
TUTO pilot community · visualisationThe TUTO idea
Dynamic calm
A TUTO home works around the clock. Solar modules generate power, storage carries the energy through nights and overcast days, a heat pump heats the home, a private well supplies water, and treated water goes to irrigation. Inside you hear none of it: quiet, even warmth in winter and summer.
Systems in motion, people at rest.
There is nothing to pay the grid, because there is no grid connection. The time and effort stay with the family and its work.
Energy
Solar modules, storage for nights and winter. The home produces what it uses.
Strength
Monolithic walls in VELOX permanent formwork, designed for seismic intensity 9 (MSK-64). Over 25 years in construction.
Creation
Architecture and engineering are designed together, for the site, the climate and the family.
Community
A TUTO village runs as one household: a shared energy system, a kindergarten, a health centre. To join the community is to become a resident of a TUTO village.
TUTO Base Passport standard
Every resource is produced on site
One set of requirements for an off-grid property. Homes and communities run without external grids all year round, and all building systems are brought into a single control system.
Power
Solar modules. Energy storage covers nights and overcast days.
Heat without gas
Heating and hot water come from heat pumps running on the site’s own generation.
Own water
Water from a private well, treated on site according to the water analysis.
Wastewater
Domestic wastewater is treated biologically on site. Treated water is reused for irrigation. Nothing goes to sewers or water bodies.
Passive house
Monolithic walls with continuous insulation cut heat loss to the level where off-grid living makes economic sense.
Control
All equipment is connected to one dispatch system. Residents and the operator see every system in a mobile app.
Technology
A warm monolithic wall
Load-bearing walls are cast in place inside VELOX permanent formwork made of wood-chip cement boards. The formwork stays in the structure as part of the wall, and the insulation runs as a continuous layer with no thermal bridges.
Autonomy passport
| Power supply | Solar generation and storageoff-grid |
| Heating | Heat pumpsoff-grid |
| Water supply | Private welloff-grid |
| Wastewater | Biological treatment, no discharge to water bodiesoff-grid |
| Gas supply | Not required |
| Control | Single dispatch system, Modbus |
| External wall | 440 mm, 220 mm insulation, R ≈ 6.9 m²·K/W |
| Roof | 350 mm insulation |
- Wood-chip cement board, outer35 mm
- Expanded polystyrene, continuous layer120 mm
- Reinforced concrete, load-bearing150 mm
- Wood-chip cement board, inner35 mm
The code requirement for external walls of homes in Almaty is about 2.5 m²·K/W. The TUTO standard exceeds it more than 2.5 times: in an off-grid home every kilowatt saved in winter makes the solar plant and storage smaller.
No condensation forms inside the 340 mm wall. The water vapour pressure calculation (+20 °C inside, −26 °C outside) shows actual pressure below saturation pressure across the full thickness, so the wall stays dry and the insulation keeps its properties.
Track record
The technology already works on our buildings
TUTO walls use the same technology we have used to build seven buildings in Kazakhstan. All timeframes are in working days.
Akzhar · 2013 · 2 × 600 m²
Office and house — shells ready for finishing in 37 working days
Aralsk · 2014 · 210 m²
House-museum — turnkey, finishing included, in 47 working days
Tuzdybastau · 2015 · 280 m²
House — shell under roof
Koyankus · 2023 · 130 m²
House
Pilot project
“Gorodok” — the first community by 
The first community under the TUTO Base Passport standard: 13 homes and a community building with no grid connection. Solutions proven here are carried over to the next communities. The project is under way: the master plan scheme and the technical solutions for off-grid infrastructure are complete.
Visualisation
Kindergarten · visualisation
Energy · visualisation
Winter · visualisation13 homes
Semi-detached and detached homes to the TUTO standard: 220 mm wall insulation, 350 mm roof insulation.
Kindergarten and health centre
The community building: one storey, separate zones and entrances, its own playground.
100% off-grid
Solar plant and storage, private well, biological treatment with no discharge to water bodies. No grid connections.
Showroom
In the control building partners, students and buyers see every system working in real time.
- Land and baseline datasite, permitted use, surveys
- Designarchitecture and off-grid building systems
- Building permitstate review and approvals
- Shell of the first housemonolithic walls in permanent formwork
- Building systemspower, heat, water, treatment, dispatch
- Commissioningand start of off-grid systems monitoring
Model
How the project is structured
The standard, the trademark and the engineering sit in the holding company. Each property gets its own project company, which land partners and investors join. Construction is carried out by a general contractor under contract.
TUTO Off-Grid Development Ltd
TUTO Base Passport standard, design and engineering, selection of equipment and the general contractor, acceptance.
Project company
Owns the property. Land partners and investors join here. Buys equipment directly from manufacturers.
General contractor
Builds under contract with the project company and works with local subcontractors.
Team
The project team
The founder and partners responsible for the technology, architecture and seismic safety of TUTO properties.
Sergey Tregubenko
Founder of and VELOX KZ
More than 25 years in construction, over 100,000 m² of construction and finishing works. Has led VELOX KZ since 2014.
Sergey Glebov
Architect, project partner
Life Format architectural studio. Took part in developing unique earthquake-resistant structures. More than 120 completed projects across the former USSR: private houses, townhouses and low-rise residential complexes.
Anvar Shapanov
Candidate of Technical Sciences (PhD), project partner
Chief specialist at KazNIISA JSC. Designer, engineer and scientist; member of the Union of Architects of Kazakhstan and the Union of Urban Planners of Kazakhstan. Around 200 residential, public and engineering projects designed and around 30 scientific papers, including the monograph “A Historical Review of Earthquake-Resistant Construction in Kazakhstan in the Era of Academician T.Zh. Zhunusov”.
ORDA
A team that grows with the project
A programme that selects and trains specialists from students and graduates of Almaty universities. Participants work on a real site, from baseline data to commissioning, and stay with the team for the next projects.
Next step
How to start
Request
Leave your contact and tell us briefly what role you see for yourself.
Meeting and site visit
We show completed VELOX buildings and the production facility in Almaty and walk through the technology.
Materials
The open presentation is on the website. For investors — the full version and preliminary estimate; for landowners — terms of participation.
Partners
Join the project
Landowners
A site can be contributed to the project company of a specific property. We consider sites across Kazakhstan.
Financial institutions
Banks, green finance funds and energy-efficiency programmes. The properties cut energy use and CO₂ emissions.
Equipment manufacturers
Solar modules, storage, heat pumps, water treatment, biological treatment, Modbus-compatible automation.
Universities
Student internships, thesis work on a real site, monitoring data from off-grid systems.
FAQ
The essentials
What is TUTO?
Homes and communities that run with no grid connection: power from on-site solar generation with storage, heat from heat pumps, water from a private well, wastewater through biological treatment, with treated water reused for irrigation. All equipment is brought into one control system.
What stage is the first community at?
“Gorodok” — 13 homes, a kindergarten and a health centre. The master plan scheme and technical solutions for off-grid infrastructure are complete, and baseline data for design is being prepared. Design is carried out by the TUTO ORDA team.
What are TUTO homes built from?
Monolithic walls in VELOX permanent formwork, the same technology used for our seven buildings in Kazakhstan. Wall insulation 220 mm, roof insulation 350 mm. Structures are designed for seismic intensity 9 (MSK-64).
What happens in winter when there is little sun?
The community is designed for the darkest month of the year. Insulated walls and roofs cut heat demand, energy storage covers nights and overcast days, and an on-site backup source runs only during long spells of bad weather.
I own land. How can I offer a site?
Send a request or write to sergey@tutooffgrid.com with the location, area and permitted use of the site. A site can be contributed to the project company of a specific community; terms are discussed after we see the site.
How can I discuss taking part in the project?
Send a request on the website. After an introduction we send investors a two-page project overview.
Can a university become a partner?
Yes, through the TUTO ORDA programme: student internships, thesis work on a real site, monitoring data from off-grid systems.
Contact
Tell us what role you see for yourself in the project
We reply personally.
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