eshott village

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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:

 

Loft Insulation Pipe Insulation Heating Controller Lightbulb Draughtproof

 

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.

 

Coefficient of Performance Air Source Heat Pump, Jan 2010 Energy Logging Software

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

Figures are shown for the house consumption only, and ASHP only. This allows the ratio of house/ASHP to be ascertained. The combined total figure is shown as both the value and also on a comparison graph.

 

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 - kWhrs/sq.m/day

 

  FG EH FL
  ASHP House Total ASHP House Total ASHP House Total
       
Week 41 (09) 0.097 (51%) 0.094 (49%) 0.191 - - 0.236 - - 0.161
Week 42 (09) 0.058 (45%) 0.099 (55%) 0.157 - - 0.071 - - 0.140
Week 43 (09) 0.071 (42%) 0.097 (58%) 0.168 - - 0.117 - - 0.139
Week 44 (09) 0.060 (35%) 0.112 (65%) 0.172 - - 0.202 - - 0.125
Week 45 (09) 0.123 (59%) 0.086 (41%) 0.209 - - 0.236 - - 0.205
Week 46 (09) 0.115 (53%) 0.101 (47%) 0.216 - - 0.255 - - 0.192
Week 47 (09) 0.102 (48%) 0.109 (52%) 0.211 - - 0.231 - - 0.171
Week 48 (09) 0.109 (51%) 0.104 (49%) 0.213 0.145 (61%) 0.094 (39%) 0.239 0.141 (66%) 0.071 (34%) 0.213
Week 49 (09) 0.150 (59%) 0.103 (41%) 0.253 0.186 (62%) 0.113 (38%) 0.299 0.177 (76%) 0.054 (24%) 0.231
Week 50 (09) 0.124 (57%) 0.093 (43%) 0.217 0.164 (63%) 0.096 (37%) 0.260 0.171 (71%) 0.070 (29%) 0.241
Week 51 (09) 0.174 (62%) 0.105 (38%) 0.279 0.202 (66%) 0.102 (34%) 0.304 0.239 (81%) 0.055 (19%) 0.295
Week 52 (09) 0.273 (68%) 0.130 (32%) 0.403 0.273 (72%) 0.107 (28%) 0.380 0.240 (56%) 0.185 (44%) 0.425
Week 01 (10) 0.248 (68%) 0.114 (32%) 0.362 0.273 (68%) 0.130 (32%) 0.403 0.299 (84%) 0.058 (16%) 0.358
Week 02 (10) 0.293 (71%) 0.120 (29%) 0.413 0.329 (71%) 0.134 (29&) 0.463 0.329 (77%) 0.094 (23%) 0.423
Week 03 (10) 0.237 (71%) 0.097 (29%) 0.334 0.252 (63%) 0.148 (37%) 0.400 0.255 (81%) 0.061 (19%) 0.316
Week 04 (10) 0.198 (69%) 0.095 (31%) 0.286 0.215 (66%) 0.112 (34%) 0.327 0.225 (82%)  0.050 (18%) 0.275
Week 05 (10) 0.191 (65%) 0.102 (35%) 0.293 0.226 (66%) 0.117 (34%) 0.343 0.245 (79%) 0.064 (21%) 0.309
Week 06 (10) 0.227 (69%) 0.103 (31%) 0.330 0.252 (67%) 0.125 (33%) 0.377  0.237 (80%) 0.060 (20%) 0.297
Week 07 (10) 0.202 (68%) 0.096 (32%) 0.298 0.233 (71%) 0.097 (29%) 0.330 0.239 (79%) 0.064 (21%) 0.303
Week 08 (10) 0.231 (69%) 0.102 (31%) 0.333 0.267 (83%) 0.054 (17%)  0.321 0.269 (81%) 0.063 (19%) 0.332
Week 09 (10) 0.239 (69%) 0.106 (31%) 0.345 0.272 (82%) 0.061 (18%) 0.333 0.247 (81%) 0.059 (19%) 0.306
Week 10 (10) 0.196 (77%) 0.06 (23%) 0.256 0.248 (77%) 0.076 (23%) 0.324 0.233 (80%) 0.058 (20%) 0.291