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The solar thermal helps to provide hot water for the residents of Chartist House
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supplied direct from the EcoPod system, which is much more efficient than the individual boilers that previously heated the flats.
Each boiler in the 96 apartments has been replaced with heat exchangers. These are fed from an eight-boiler cascade
system, known as EcoPod, which has been installed on the roof of the building, together with 20 Buderus solar thermal panels and thermal stores. The heated water is then distributed to each apartment via Uponor's MCLR riser
system, which in turn is highly insulated.
Warrington-based Belfry Group, who are behind the project, say the system is so efficient the whole block can be run from as little as £12.90 a day, which is around 13p per apartment.
The new heating system has drastically reduced Chartist House's carbon footprint, reducing CO 2 emissions from 160,000kg to 69,000kg. It has also reduced the risk of fuel poverty among the residents.
Julian Hulme of the New Charter Housing Trust, which owns Chartist House, said: "The results have been really impressive and the residents have found it very easy to live with the new system. Our thinking when we embarked on this project was to try to achieve cost savings, a more energy-efficienct system, and to do so with the minimum of disruption to the residents. We've managed all three and in the future we anticipate making further huge savings."
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