CROWN plumbing & heating are proud to be GOING GREEN.
Crown plumbing & heating are doing all we can to go green below is some written information to help people understand it a bit more.
1. RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Solar Panels
Turn the heat raidated by the sun into hot water. The liquid that circulates through these thermal solar panels is heated by sunlight, this then passes through a coil in the water tank which in turn heats the water stored in the tank.
Heat Pumps
Ground Source Heat Pumps
A heat pump takes the heat from water in pipes that are in contact with the ground, which can then be circulated through a heating system.
Ground source heat pumps use buried pipework which transfers heat from the ground into a building to provide space heating and, in some cases, to pre-heat domestic hot water.
THE GROUND
This is comprised of lengths of pipe buried in the ground, either in a borehole or a horizontal trench. The pipe is usually a closed circuit and is filled with a mixture of water and antifreeze, which is pumped around the pipe absorbing heat from the ground.The ground loop can be:
- Vertical, for use in boreholes
- Horizontal, for use in trenches
- Spiral, coil or 'slinky', also for use in trenches
A HEAT PUMP.
- In the same way that your fridge uses refrigerant to extract heat from the inside, keeping your food cool, a ground source heat pump extracts heat from the ground, and uses it to heat your home. A ground source heat pump has three main parts:
- The evaporator, (e.g. the squiggly thing in the cold part of your fridge) absorbs the heat using the liquid in the ground loop;
- The compressor, (this is what makes the noise in a fridge) moves the refrigerant round the heat pump and compresses the gaseous refrigerant to the temperature needed for the heat distribution circuit;
- The condenser, (the hot part at the back of your fridge) gives up heat to a hot water tank which feeds the distribution system.
- Heat distribution system
This consists of under floor heating or radiators for space heating and in some cases water storage for hot water supply.
EFFICIENT HEATING SYSTEMS.
1. Underfloor Heating.
Underfloor heating is changing the way we heat our homes. The installation of green technology need not be limited to renewable energy generation and processing – how this energy is used can also have a dramatic impact. High efficiency heating and cooling systems such as underfloor heating require significantly less energy to heat a space than traditional radiator systems. Through a combination of low energy input and intelligent distribution of heat, these can be both green and economical – especially when used with a renewable energy source.
2. Efficient Boiler.
High efficiency or condensing boilers use less gas to produce the same amount of heat as standard boilers. They do this by recovering and using heat that would otherwise be lost and wasted.
3. Twinn Coil Cylinders.
For solar and heat pumps you will need a different cylinder to those traditionally used in the home as these need to become more of a heat store, therefore making them bigger in size.
