Renewable energy into an existing homeOur customer's growing concerns about rising fuel costs and high carbon emissions led them to contact me about retro-fitting a renewable heating system into their property. After visiting the house we recommended a heat pump and solar panels. We designed a system that removed the boiler and in it's place we installed a 1000ltr buffer … [Read more...] about Large domestic renewables heating system
600m square house
A large house with good insulation, but large glazed areas and a full complement of electric hungry teenagers (with computers, music etc). We installed a Worcester Bosch 11kw ground source heat pump system and Greenstore solar cylinder, combined with a RM Solar 2 panel on a roof Solar panel kit. The data from the 1st year's running, which shows that the solar panels ran all … [Read more...] about 600m square house
New school, Wrexham
Nibe 60Kw New School Wrexham (Rhosllanerchrugog) 2 no. Nibe 30kw heat pumps provide the hot water and underfloor heating for this new school. 9 x 100m bore holes feed the heat pumps, the drilling was a nightmare as the old mine works crisscrossing the drilling area that needed to be sleeved. Anybody today can have a fancy website claiming this and that. My take on it … [Read more...] about New school, Wrexham
New food technology unit, Penrith
One of the flagship buildings for CREA, this V Good Bream rated building has a Worcester Heat Pump for the underfloor heating, Worcester solar panels for part hot water supply and rain water harvesting. We did the full mechanical and electrical installation (£376k). Consisting of air handing, ductwork, air conditioning, plumbing, heating, fire alarm, intruder alarm, BMS … [Read more...] about New food technology unit, Penrith
Edgehill University
At 27 litres a second and 522Kw we believe this is one of the largest open loop systems in the UK. One of the largest systems in the UK, utilizing the large Aquifer below. We are pumping 27 litres a second through a custom made heat exchanger then back into the ground. The energy from this water can passively cool the 6500 ltr cold buffer tank or feed into the Watekotte … [Read more...] about Edgehill University
Speke Medical Centre
We have achieved such a high C.O.P as we are using the energy from cooling the cooling vessel, the key is to get a balanced load with summer re-energising the ground and winter using the stored energy. By using a set of motorised valves on the brine pipe work and heating circuit and utilising a BMS system we can control the temperature in the buffer vessels anywhere between … [Read more...] about Speke Medical Centre
4kw in roof solar PV
Greenfields were awarded the contract to supply and install a 4kW solar photovoltaic system. The system was installed ‘in-roof’, sympathetically designed to maintain the properties character and aspect. The installation was part of a full electrical re-wire. The system will pay for itself within 6 years and in addition the solar controller ensure that 65% of the households … [Read more...] about 4kw in roof solar PV
AST Signs Penrith
Greenfield's were nominated to design and build the new flagship office and workshop building for AST signs, comprising of a full heat recovery ventilation system and a well-planned and installed cable and pipe runs as most of the installation is on display and became a design feature of the building. Project: AST Signs Duration: 26 weeks Value: £315k Main contractor: … [Read more...] about AST Signs Penrith
Stockton Riverside College
Greenfield's were awarded the contract to install a new 500kw Herz biomass system, to replace the troublesome installed boilers and take advantage of the governments RHI scheme. In addition to lowering the running costs of the college and the reduction of emissions compared to the fossil fuel alternatives. Project: Stockton Riverside College Duration: 8 weeks Value: … [Read more...] about Stockton Riverside College
Nunnick Hall Estates
Greenfields were awarded the contract to install a new 199kw Herz biomass system, to replace the the individual installed boilers with a district heating scheme and take advantage of the governments RHI scheme as well as lowering the running costs of the estate and the reduction of emissions compared to the fossil fuel alternatives. Project details: Project: Nunnick Hall … [Read more...] about Nunnick Hall Estates