eshott village

Eshott - Lowering Our Carbon Footprint

 

A number of households are now completing work on their homes to reduce heat loss, improve control over the heating systems and even switching to renewable energy. The result has already reduced energy costs and associated carbon emissions. Some of the changes are:

 

 

	Additional Loft Insulation
	Additional Pipe Insulation
	Improved Heating & Hot Water Controls
	Low Energy Lighting

 

Take a look at the Energy Saving Trust website for more details

 

Most houses in the village have a fireplace or log stove, this is a good supplement to central heating in many homes and should reduce the amount of additional central heating required. Burning logs is considered 'carbon neutral'

 

 

Consider Renewable Energy

 

A number of house's in Eshott are now utilising air source heat pumps (ASHP's) to provide both space heating and hot water. The ASHP is used to boost heat energy from the outside air and provide hot water to serve standard radiators and hot water cylinders.

 

This page details logged meter readings for the house energy use (electricity) on a weekly basis. The data will help to assess the success of the systems and offer predictions for annual running costs in other houses. The quoted figures are kWhrs/sq.m/day and actual costs

Figures are shown for the house consumption only, and also ASHP only. This allows the ratio of house/ASHP to be ascertained, both cost and kW consumption data has been plotted

 

Cost data is based on 9p/kWhr tariff on the graph below, the associated average outside (ambient) air temperature is also indicated as ASHP performance is directly related to the source heat energy available.

 

Logged Data