Eco and Renewables

Eco and Renewable technologies are:

• Thermal Solar
• Air to water source heat pumps
• Ground source heat pumps
• Biomass

With the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008 the Government introduced the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme (RHI).  This scheme is designed to encourage the take up of renewable technologies by offering customers a feeding tariff, which not only means substantial fuel savings but also lower carbon emissions.

RHI is designed for both domestic installations, with a feeding tariff of 7 years and non-domestic installations, with a feeding tariff of 20 years. This will therefore allow you to recoup the installation costs.

Any consumer who is looking to replace their current heating with a supported renewable technology, or who has installed any such technology since the 15th July 2009 and meets the required standards are eligible for consideration for RHI.

Solar Thermal

Solar thermal harnesses solar energy from the sun and turns it into thermal heat energy. Solar thermal panels are usually placed on the roof of your property (domestic and commercial) and gather energy from the sun, which is used to heat water.

Why not let the sun provide at least 60% of your hot water.

Heat Pumps – air to water and ground source

Air source heat pumps absorb heat from the outside air. This heat can then be used to heat radiators, underfloor heating systems, or warm air convectors and hot water in your home.

Ground source heat pumps use pipes, which are buried, in the garden to extract heat from the ground. This heat can then be used to heat radiators, underfloor or warm air heating systems and hot water in your home.

Heat pumps have some impact on the environment as they need electricity to run, but the heat they extract from the ground, the air, or water is constantly being renewed naturally.

Biomass

Biomass boilers are growing in popularity due to the above and they offer a great alternative to gas, oil or LPG.  They work by burning biomass in the form of wood chip and or wood pellets.

Biomass boilers are good for the environment as the trees used to run the boilers absorb carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere whilst they are growing and therefore cancel out any carbon monoxide produced during combustion, making it carbon-neutral.

They provide heat and hot water extremely efficiently. The Department of Energy & Climate Change set the RHI tariff for domestic biomass boilers on the 29th May 2015 at 7.14p/kWh (for all new appliances made from 1st July 2015), which could potentially generate hundreds of pounds a year for consumers.

Why not contact us for your enquiry.