| An Energy Cabin that is truly Energy Smart? |
| Written by A Siegel | ||
| Friday, 14 September 2007 | ||
Well, simply, it looks to be the case. Energy Cabins are self contained heating systems that combine solar energy with wood pellet technology for total central heating for any building. What looks great is that these are plug-and-play, capable of being part of a new design or back-fitted into existing structures and existing heating sytems to radically change a building's energy use. They are easily connected to any existing heating system (eg radiators, under floor heating etc.) can completely replace traditional boilers. Next time replacing a heating system, perhaps this should be in line. Each cabin is fitted with a solar thermal system which can provide you with free hot water for six months of the year. Inside an automated pellet boiler and heat store are fitted which provide central heating all year round and hot water in winter. What is interesting here -- no shoveling coal at 3 am on a cold winter night.
Interestingly, the Energy Cabin might be best suitable not for the individual home owner but institutions. For example, lets look at a Case study of a hotel in Ireland with 67 rooms: Before: LPG boilers; over 2 million kwh/year; and over 100,000 pounds annually of heating costs.Here is a table with claims as to Energy Cabin's financial savings in eight scenarios ranging from a single home to a hospital. For those who expect price lists, Energy Cabin's brochure might be problematic but it does contain a lot of information. It looks to be the type of thing that could be rapidly deployed (along with energy efficiency) to radically change existing infrastructure's CO2 emissions' footprint.
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This would be a fun project!
written by Nicholaus Harris , September 15, 2007
It sure would be cool to have one of these things myself!
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written by Maxwell , September 22, 2007
We'll be building ICF homes www.icfhomes.com) on a very large scale using no wood. I am looking for an alternative energy/heating source for the coming project. Thank you
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