Green Energy for Eco Holiday Homes, Matlock
Chalets recover waste heat for domestic hot water
An eco-friendly holiday complex in Derbyshire is going green with the help of Stiebel Eltron and The Renewable Shop. Hoe Grange Holidays,
which provides self catering holiday accommodation in the Peak
District, is using two Stiebel Eltron WWK300 Air Source Heat Pumps to
provide hot water for two purpose built log cabins.
The cabins
used to run on an expensive LPG gas boiler system, but the
environmentally friendly owners David and Felicity Brown wanted an
alternative green solution to minimise the carbon impact, as well reduce
the high running costs.
They contacted leading green energy
installers The Renewable Shop, based in Matlock, who specialise in the
supply, installation and maintenance of renewable and energy efficient
solutions.
The Renewable Shop conducted a full evaluation of the
site to gauge which green energy systems would complement the site and
its energy needs.
| Following our site investigation we concluded that solar thermal could provide their domestic hot water requirements in the summer months, but additional back up would be required in spring, autumn and winter seasons. |
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"We considered backing up the solar thermal
with immersion heaters, due to the surplus day time electricity from the solar PV and future addition of the 10kW wind turbine.
“We
wanted to utilise this renewable electricity in the most efficient
form, and therefore looked at the feasibility of air source heat pumps,
due to their efficient performance.
"We wanted to keep cost at a
minimum, so therefore needed a compact, plug and play solution. The most
suitable air source heat pump for this situation was the Stiebel Eltron
WWK300 AH Hot Water Heat Pump, with immersion back up.
“We had
already installed the WWK300 within our showroom and were very impressed
with the overall concept and actual performance of the heat pump.
"The
WWK300 utilises warm ambient air, from internal environments and
converts the energy from the air into hot water, through the heat pump
process.”
The electrical input to the WWK unit is 500 watts, with a heat output to water of 1700 watts, providing an efficiency of 340%.
Mr Johnson added: “Our heating engineer Wayne Bradshaw had the idea to extract waste warm air from the loft of each cabin. The cabin roofs are constructed bitumen roof felt and therefore absorb high amounts of heat from the sun which is now being used.”
Hoe Grange Holidays have already received several high profile awards for their commitment to renewable energy.
Most notably they received a Gold Award from the Green Tourism Business Scheme, are within the top 20 green businesses in the UK and won the national Visit England Silver Award for Sustainable Tourism 2012.
Hoe Grange Holidays has invested in renewable energies including a ground source heat pump and solar PV, and a wind turbine is currently being installed.
David says “It is extremely efficient, with minimal maintenance and we were pleasantly surprised by the quiet running of the system, an important factor to consider for our holiday guests looking for peace and tranquillity.
"We are passionate
about the environment and can now demonstrate to guests how easy and
efficient renewable energies are to install and maintain.”
Chris Johnson, Stiebel Eltron’s Midlands
Specification
Manager, said: “This is a fantastic installation which fully
capitalises on waste energy and complements all the benefits of the
WWK300 air source heat pump.
"The Renewable Shop identified our product as the best solution to save energy and money and came up with an innovative system.
“Stiebel
Eltron is delighted to be working alongside our partners at The
Renewable Shop and we know that the owners at Hoe Grange Holidays are
very pleased with the immediate results shown since the system was
commissioned.
“More holiday home property owners are coming to
Stiebel Eltron to go green as the payback period can be very good and
our technology – particularly the WWK300 –is simple to fit and provides
instant benefits.”