DRA Solar System
Solar Hot Water System at DRA Blocks 17 - 20
The new Fife Park residences each use arrays of evacuated-tube solar thermal panels to produce the hot water used in the showers and kitchens in each flat. Over the course of a year, the panels should generate around 45,000kWh of heat, which is about 50% of the hot water requirements of the buildings. This will help reduce the amount of gas used, saving around 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
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| So how does it work?
The sun’s heat warms the water in the panels on the roof. This is pumped down to a storage vessel in the plant room, which preheats the domestic hot water. This means the gas boilers do not have to provide as much heat, so gas is saved. |
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What are the solar systems achieving?
Block 17 Ruskin – Solar Hot Water to 10/12/2010 = 2,070 kWh
Block 18 Balfour - Solar Hot Water to 10/12/2010 = 2,190 kWh
Block 19 Nansen - Solar Hot Water to 10/12/2010 = 1,710 kWh
Block 20 Marconi - Solar Hot Water to 10/12/2010 = 1,980 kWh
