Renewable energy

Solar Heating

Households on average spend between 27% and 35% of their total energy cost on heating water. Solar panels can significantly reduce bills (producing energy for around 60% of a household’s annual hot water needs) and at the same time substantially reduce carbon dioxide emissions

How it Works

A solar energy system needs to absorb, retain, transfer and store the sun’s energy as efficiently as possible.

To do this, a Solar Thermal System is used, consisting of one or more solar collectors (solar panels), a pump and electronic controller, and a store (domestic hot-water cylinder)

The controller measures the temperature of the water in the panel and compares this to the cylinder temperature.

If the temperature of the water in the solar collector panel is more than 8 degrees higher than the water in the cylinder, then the controller turns on a circulating pump to transfer the heat from the collector to the hot water storage cylinder.

The panel is protected from frost during winter months by an anti-freeze system.

We are approved installers of Worcester Greenskies solar panels. For more information on solar panels please refer to the Worcester website on the link below:

http://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/homeowner/products/solar-water-heating