Ecohome visits March 2013

Peveril Solar House West Bridgford Peveril Solar House is a modern developer house built in 2007 with a ground source heat pump. The owners have done work to the house to ensure it is heated by solar power all year round.

Work done to the house         

A 4kW photovoltaic array Underground thermal store Underfloor heating Induction Hob Light tube Voltage regulator Partial heat reclaim Surya sunbox Kingspan vacuum tubes

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A Net-Zero House 

The house is Net-Zero due to an interesting combination of technologies. A 4kW photovoltaic array provides 3.2MWh of power each year.

These solar panels provide energy to heat the ground source heat pump. Any spare energy is injected into a large underground thermal store.

This has reduced the annual electric consumption of the heat pump to 3.2MWh—the same as the output of the PV array.

Above: interseasonal thermal storage

2nd—10th March 2013 See solar panels; external wall insulation; loft insulation and other measures in situ and talk to the people who have installed them and use them.

Visit real, inspiring projects which will show you how to: Save money by making your home more energy efficient Save the planet by making your own home more environmentally friendly Save time by finding out what can be done under the government’s new Green Deal and ECO programmes

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See our website for a list of homes involved

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