Heating, Cooling and HVAC

All Solar Ventilator units provide ventilation, supplementary heating and a powerful dehumidifying effect, but how efficient are they as an additional heat source for your house?

The answer is that they are surprisingly efficient; the output from the larger SolarVentilation units provide a substantial amount of free energy in the form of warmed air to the inside the building. This free incoming energy supplements your existing space heating system, of whatever type, to a pleasantly surprising degree.

So how does Solar Ventilation help with your space heating?

The larger Solar Ventilation models have a substantial energy output as well as moving significant air volumes. This energy, which is captured directly from solar radiation, can be used to supplement the existing space heating system in any domestic or commercial building. The energy is input to a building in the form of heated air. This has two key effects:-

1.The incoming air is significantly raised in temperature, providing direct heat energy into your property. This free heat energy directly supplements your existing space heating system, meaning that your exisitng system has to work less hard to keep your building warmed.

2. This is a direct saving which reduces your expenditure on gas, electricity, oil and logs etc.
The air input by Solar Ventilation units is warmed and dry and is forced into your building by the inbuilt impeller. This warm, dry incoming air displaces the existing air, however damp, inside a property. Over a period of a few days this has the effect of performing a powerful dehumidifying process and it dries out both the fabric of the building and its contents. Dry air takes far less energy to heat than damp air, and thus your existing heating system uses significantly less energy to reach the required temperature.

The larger Solar Ventilation units can make a substantial impact on your space heating bills.

Note that the UK averages about 1,600 hours of sunshine per year which varies with both location and latitude. For this table we have assumed that about 1,000 hours of those sunshine hours are actually usable.

There are many sources of information as to what the ‘average’ energy consumption of properties in the UK is. Unfortunately, most of them seem to contradict each other, which is perhaps not surprising given the seasonal differences that can occur in the UK as you go further north, and the fact that the types of building we live in are many and varied, as well as being insulated to many different levels.

You DO need some other form of heating. A lucky few live in super insulated eco-houses, where Solar Ventilation alone may be sufficient. For the rest of us Solar Ventilation provides a valuable supplement to existing space heating systems. Those wise enough to use Solar Ventilation get a radical transformation of the internal atmosphere in their buildings and reduced energy bills too.

All Solar Ventilation units provide ventilation, supplementary heating and a powerful dehumidifying effect, but how efficient are they as an additional heat source for a building?

The answer is that they are surprisingly efficient; the output from the larger SolarVentilation units provide a substantial amount of free energy in the form of warmed air to the inside of any property. This free incoming energy supplements your existing space heating system, of whatever type, to a pleasantly surprising degree.