Leading renewable energy products provider Stiebel Eltron has completed four installations at properties across the UK – with the latest project at celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s new Liverpool restaurant just weeks away from completion.
The German-owned green energy company has supplied its heat pumps and other renewable energy products to a variety of projects, including the Cocoa Bean Factory tourist attraction in Scotland and a police station in Durham.
A pioneering project has seen Stiebel Eltron supplying a complex variety of renewable energy systems to a Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association property in Edinburgh.
The retro-fit design was part of the £17million Government ‘Retrofit for the Future’ project, which has seen 87 properties kitted out with the latest renewable energy technology.
The semi-detached home was fitted with systems including increased roof insulation, underfloor heating, roof mounted solar collector and an air to water heat pump.
A survey of the effectiveness of the systems will be carried out by the Energy Saving Trust for at least two years. The Trust will monitor internal and external temperature, humidity and CO2 levels which will then be assimilated with data from other ‘test homes’ and made available to researchers, social landlords, and energy companies to ensure that the most cost effective technologies are employed in future retro-fits.
Also in Scotland, Stiebel supplied two 23kw air to water heat pumps to a new visitors area at one of Dumfries and Galloway’s top tourist attraction, The Cocoa Bean Factory.
The pumps will supply hot water and assist in cooling down the new 1,500sq m building, which is home to a cafe, children’s play area and chocolate making area.
Renewable energy installer Revolution Power completed its 100th project with the installation of a Stiebel Eltron ground source heat pump at Selbridge Police Station in Durham. The company has already installed a heat pump at Southmoor Police Station – also in Durham – and says that more orders from the region’s police force are in the pipeline.
At Kelber Farm in Coniston Cold, North Yorkshire, Stiebel Eltron supplied a twin set ground heat pump system for two large barn conversions, which will provide heating and hot water for an office and a family home.
Next month will see the completion of the installation of a Stiebel Eltron electric water heating system at Jamie Oliver’s new restaurant Jamie’s Italian in the Liverpool ONE retail centre.
Stiebel Eltron’s UK managing director, Mark McManus, said that going green is surprisingly cost effective with Government grants available as well as huge savings on volatile oil and gas bills.
“Green energy is the future and there are lots of grants and tax breaks available to homeowners and the public and private sector to convert their properties to green energy,” he said. “Heat pumps are right at the forefront of green energy technology and this is a massive growth industry.”
Stiebel Eltron will undertake a free energy efficiency report for any property in the UK. It further offers a free eco design service to any architect or developer in Britain to help ensure their plans hit tough green energy building standards.
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