Written by admin on February 22, 2009 – 2:19 pm
Given the current plans what additional insulation is required to reduce the amount of heat that is generated by the heat pump ?
Assuming additional insulation is applied, how much electricity will be used to power the heat pump ?
This information is an input to the PV requirement
Is it possible that heat from the Solar heating [...]
Written by admin on February 22, 2009 – 2:15 pm
The recent government Heat and Energy Saving Strategy discussed the “Whole House” approach (Chapter 1 Box 1.3) to considering a households energy needs and CO2 impacts as a whole. GreenHomeDiary is pioneering this approach - the different renewable technologies and energy saving considerations should form an integrated solution. The possible difficulty is that different suppliers [...]
Written by admin on February 22, 2009 – 1:55 pm
There will be a combination of renewable technologies that will form an overal solution to the goal of achieving a zero energy usage for the house, which will also contribute towards reducing our carbon footprint. There is a minimum configuration of appliance that need to be operational in the event of a power cut :-
Freezer
Refrigerator
Central [...]
