Archive for the 'All things Solar' Category

More solar water heating

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

I was impressed to see the solar water heating system that Franny has put in.

The most impressive aspect was the cost: £2,700 total, or £800 net of the grants from Clear Skies and Camden Council. It was partly so reasonable because she’d already put in exactly the right model of boiler to work with the […]

Possible Breakthrough

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

I went to a Solarsavers seminar yesterday in High Wycombe to discuss energy options with a number of suppliers. I had expected to be most interested in the solar water heating options.
There were some good nuggets in the presentations:

“the 19th was the century of coal, the 20th of oil and the 21st will be the […]

Photovoltaic array

Friday, March 4th, 2005

The 13.6 square metre photovoltaic array at Camden’s Women and Health Centre. 

Photovoltaic results

Friday, March 4th, 2005

Real time display of how much electricity the solar panels at Camden Women and Health Centre are producing, and the total produced since April 2003. 

Learning more in Camden

Friday, March 4th, 2005

Went last evening with my daughter Boo to the Women’s Health Centre in Camden. 3 years ago she organised a complete rebuild along environmental lines. Now the results are very impressive. They have put a lot of effort into insulation, bringing daylight into the building, energy efficiency and water harvesting from the roof.
But the main […]

Starting on the Numbers

Friday, February 18th, 2005

Before we can do any of the maths on how much energy we are using at the moment, I need to understand the best units to work in. Luckily my daughter, Devi, and son in law, Matthew, are on hand to make up for the physics lessons I failed to follow at school.
It seems the […]