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News Release from: Firstlight Energy | Subject: Solar thermal hot water systems
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 February 2008
Bathe in the power of the sun
Newly refurbished Cheltenham hotel benefits from solar thermal hot water systems, provided by solar thermal specialist Firstlight Energy.
Guests drenching themselves in the luxurious showers, or soaking in the deep baths, of Hotel du vin Cheltenham may not be aware that their experience is using far less power thanks to revolutionary technology tucked away behind the scenes The hotel group is one of the first in the country to introduce solar thermal hot water systems into its properties
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Its newly refurbished Cheltenham hotel was the first to benefit from the technology, which has been provided by solar thermal specialist Firstlight Energy.
Firstlight has installed 12 of its large SunStream vacuum tube collectors, together with 25 of its SunStream thermal heat stores.
Energy gathered by the collectors is stored in the heat stores which, unlike other solar thermal systems, do not use water.
Instead they utilise a specially developed medium that retains higher levels of heat for longer periods.
This system can reduce oil or gas consumption by up to 70%.
The Hotel du Vin installation is forecast to reduce energy consumption by 175,000Kwh per annum, saving 33 tonnes of carbon.
It is estimated that the cost to savings ratio amounts to less than 1p per Kwh for the next 30 years.
A Hotel du Vin spokesman said: "We are committed to making our hotels as environmentally friendly as possible".
"This is the first of our hotels to incorporate renewable energy technology".
Following on from the Cheltenham installation, the Firstlight Energy system has also been installed in Hotel du Vin York.
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