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News Release from: Genersys | Subject: Genersys thermal solar system
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 October 2007
Largest Genersys thermal solar system in
the UK
Future Heating designed and installed an array of 48 Genersys 1000-10 panels manufactured in landscape orientation to obviate shading difficulties and keep a low building profile.
Many new building projects, especially those in London, are affected by a policy that requires 10% of the building's energy to come from renewable energy In practice it can be hard to achieve this target, especially in a city where buildings are close together and where the energy use of the building is intensive
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 17 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Moorelands a new 54 bed care home in Uxbridge, needed to bring themselves within the 10% directive.
Their facility would be energy intensive as it is necessary to provide the users of care homes with a high degree of comfort and hygiene, and that needs more energy than a normal home or office.
Working with the main contractors Inspace, the Enfield based thermal solar specialists Future Heating Limited designed and installed an array of 48 Genersys 1000-10 panels manufactured in landscape orientation to obviate shading difficulties and keep a low building profile on the care home's flat roof.
This is thought to be the largest Genersys thermal solar system in the UK at the moment.
David Read, Managing Director of Future Heating said "this solar system will produce at least 45,000 kilowatt hours of energy a year which is equivalent to three times all the energy (heat and electric power) an average home uses".
"You get more energy and better carbon savings from solar thermal for your money than with any other renewable technology".
Robert Kyriakides, Chief Executive of Genersys plc, said "we are very proud of the work that David Read and his team have done at Ealing".
"They have designed and installed a system that provides at least 6% of the building's overall energy needs and which also prevents around 25 tonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere each year".
The 10% is an arbitrary figure as well as a modest figure.
As we in the United Kingdom catch up with the knowledge about renewables that many developed countries in the rest of the world already have, we will refine the target and base it on carbon emissions rather than on energy production.
In the meantime the management of Moorelands and those in their care can rest safe in the knowledge that they are making a vital contribution to the future of our planet in terms of sustainability and in terms of climate change.
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