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Ground Sourced Heat Pumps

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Boilers that generate electricity. Ground Sourced Heat Pumps. Although we may not know it heat pumps are very familiar to us - fridges and air conditioners are two examples of heat pumps being used in everyday appliances. Ground sourced heat pumps transfer heat from the ground into a building to provide space heating and domestic hot water. For eveiy unit of electricity used to pump the heat, 3-4 units of heat are produced. How Ground Sourced heat pumps work. How efficient is a heat pump?

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A Greener Home - Insulating your home

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Boilers that generate electricity. Insulation is an easy and cost-effective way to improve your home's energy efficiency. This is not only good for your pocket as you can save money on your heating bills. Your loft is often the biggest source of heat loss and you could be losing up to a 33% of your heat through an un insulated roof. Effective loft insulation should be at least 270mm thick. There are many products for the novice DIYers to fit. Books about Insulating your Home.

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A Greener Home - Heat recovery and air management

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Boilers that generate electricity. Heat recovery and air management. Opening your windows, running extractor fans and leaving trickle vents open can cost you c40% of your heating bill. Wasting heat is bad not only for your wallet but also causes us to burn more fossil fuels than we need, contributing to global warming. Shutting up your home is also not good as the air inside your home could be up to 10 times more polluted than the air outside.

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A Greener Home - energy efficient lighting

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Boilers that generate electricity. In most homes, lighting accounts for between 10 per cent and IS per cent of the electricity bill, and contributes significantly to carbon. Lighting should be chosen according to the use and ambiance of the room. Well chosen energy efficient lighting can improve the 'feel' of a room as well as saving energy and money. Energy efficient lighting significantly reduces electricity use and the associated carbon dioxide emissions. Compact Flourescent Lamps (CFLs).

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A Greener Home - underfloor heating

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Boilers that generate electricity. Energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Underfloor heating is the closest you can come to the perfect heating system. Underfloor heating energy efficient and provides a comfortable and even heat distribution. Modern building methods have improved levels of insulation. In addition, high efficiency boilers and other renewable energy sources ensure underfloor heating provides excellent energy savings.

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A Greener Home - Grey water harvesting

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Boilers that generate electricity. Grey water is the waste water from baths and showers. Normally, this water is wasted down the drains. However, grey water can still be used irrigating your garden during long dry summer periods. However, greywater can also be used to flush toilets. An average family of four creates c 3000 litres of grey water a week. You can make good use of the grey water from baths, sinks and showers to water your garden.

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A Greener Home - Solar Lighting

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Boilers that generate electricity. A Solar light is an excellent way to bring daylight into dark and windowiess areas or rooms. Its basically a tunnel to transfer the light from outside on your roof and then pipes it into the room below. Solar lights deliver brilliant natural light to previously unlit spaces where the light is evenly diffused by a ceiling fixture. Once installed, a Solar Light uses no electricity so costs nothing to run and causes no carbon emissions.

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A Greener Home - Funding your energy efficiency project

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Boilers that generate electricity. Funding your energy efficiency project. In some cases, you may be able to obtain funding for work to make your home more energy-efficient. Funding or grants are available from three main sources:. Grants are available for renewable energy projects (up to 30% of the installed cost of a wind turbine or solar water heating panels). There are also Government funded schemes providing up to? Terms and conditions apply for all grants.

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A Greener Home

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Boilers that generate electricity. Free energy from nature. The environment is full of power. You have to go as Low as -273 C until it is not possible to obtain energy. With the aid of heat pumps, solar panels and wind turbines its possible to harvest some of this free natural energy. Measured over a year its possible to get nature to give you around half of your heating costs free. Solar thermal systems provide an efficient way to produce hot water, using either flat-plate or evacuated-tube collectors.

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A Greener Home - Air heat pump

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Boilers that generate electricity. An air heat pump is very similar to the outside unit of air conditioning. Air Source Heat Pumps takes energy from the air and raise it to a higher temperature, using a process which is similar to a reverse refrigeration process. The advantage with an air heat pump compared to ground sourced heat pumps is that they avoid the need to drill or dig.