Oxfordshire detached house
Products used
- Greenstar oil fired condensing boiler
- Greenskies solar panels
Lifestyle
The C family live in a stone built 17th Century farm house with 8 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
The family comprises of Mr and Mrs C and their two teenage children.
With two teenage children, the family's hot water usage and fuel bills are fairly high - as you can imagine.
Energy usage
Mrs and Mr C had made several efforts to improve their home's efficiency including; double glazing part of the property and insulating the roof, however they were conscious that their old heating system was letting them down.
The existing heating system was fairly old and was anything but efficient.
Once the family decided they would replace their boiler, they began researching into different renewable technologies and decided that a solar water heating system would be the right choice for them.
* Savings since May 2011.
** a free shower equates to: A standard 5 minute shower at 6 litres per minute at 40°C. So with the 10°C incoming water raised to 40°C.
*** a free bath equates to: 90 litres of water heated from 10°C coming into the house up to 43°C.
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