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What about renewable energy sources?

A fact ....

If everyone with gas central heating installed a new condensing boiler, we’d cut emissions by 13.7 million tonnes. We’d also save around £1.6 billion per year on our energy bills and enough energy to heat over 3.7 million homes for a year. (Source - Energy Saving Trust 2008)

Howsons Ltd can provide natural – or renewable – energy sources like heat from the sun or wood to heat your home and water – see Case Studies Page. There are four main options for home use, please contact us for further information.

Ground source heat pumps – save between £400 - £800 a year!

These take natural warmth from the ground and can potentially use it to meet all your heating needs. Loops of pipe are buried underground, and transfer heat from the earth into the home. A typical sysytem is able to produce all the heat necessary for a well insulated average home; a saving of between £400 and £800 a year on heating bills and cutting C02 emissions by up to 8 tonnnes a year.

Biomass – save up to £200 a year!

Biomass is made up of plants, untreated wood or waste.

This special boiler can be a cost-effective way of heating your home as a detached house in an area with no gas supply could save around £200 a year on heating bills and cut C02 emissions by 8 tonnes a year.

Solar water heating – save around £40 a year

Solar uses heat from the sun and works alongside your conventional water heater.

Solar collectors on the roof soak up the sun’s energy and then transfer it to the hot water cylinder – warming it up throughout the day.

This could take care of around a third of your hot water needs, saving around £40 a year in energy bills and cutting C02 emissions by up to 350kg a year.

Air source heat pumps

These absorb heat from the outside to heat buildings. There are two types of air-source heating systems. Air-to-air systems provide warm air, which is circulated to heat the building. Air-to-water systems heat water to provide heating to a building through radiators or an underfloor system.

Rainwater harvesting

Rainwater harvesting provides an economical and simple solution to rainwater reuse for non-drinking water applications such as to flush toilets, washing machines, watering the garden and washing the car. Underground tanks provide simple water storage for rainwater after mechanical pre-tank filtration. Switch over to mains water backup is automatic when the rainwater tanks are empty until the next rainfall.