Solar Energy Used to Heat New Homes
Jun 28 - Western Mail
Nuaire has secured a deal to provide an environmentally-friendly system to heat new homes in Blackwood.
The land for the estate was sold to Wimpey by Caerphilly Borough Council on
condition that the properties would be energy efficient and use alternative
energy sources.
Sunwarm is a single system that provides home heating and cooling,
ventilation and hot water, by harnessing solar energy. At the heart of the
system there is a ventilation network and a set of solar panels.
On the Hawthorns Development two solar panels will be mounted on the roof of
each of the properties where the heat generated from the sun is captured, and
then circulated around the house using a ventilation system.
Surplus heat is diverted automatically to heat the hot water system storage
tank.
'Property developers are increasingly being faced with the challenge of
making homes energy efficient whilst being economically viable,' said Paul
Bingham, senior design and planning executive for George Wimpey.
'By installing the Sunwarm system in the properties at the Hawthorns
Development we are being both environmentally responsible and will reduce
heating costs.'
A spokesman for Sunwarm International, a division of Nuaire, said, 'With
energy cost increases predicted, and increasing legislation and regulation
surrounding carbon emissions and energy consumption, house builders will have to
look beyond traditional means of generating energy.' For far more extensive news on the energy/power
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