This page has a brief summary of my house and the renewable kit installed.
Installation and Renewable Timeline
- Sep 2018 – 5.1kW of Solar Installed on a 3.68kW Solaredge inverter (17 x 300 Watt panels)
- Feb 2020 – Installed 4.8kWh Pylontech battery system (2 batteries) and a 3.68kW AC coupled Lux inverter
- Aug 2020 – Took delivery of EV and installed Myenergi Zappi Charger
- Oct 2020 – Installed a third battery taking total capacity to 7.2kWh
- Feb 2021 – Installed a further two batteries taking total capacity to 12kWh
- Feb 2022 – 250L Mixergy water cylinder installed and myenergi Eddi PV diverter
- Oct 2022 – Vaillant Arotherm 5kW heat pump installed
- Nov 2022 – Upgraded from Pylontech batteries to Hanchu
- Aug 2023 – Expanded battery system to 16kWh usable capacity
Property Information
- 1930’s 3 bedroom semi detached house in Sheffield
- 2 Adults and 2 kids (14 + 16)
- 98 square metres floor space
- 3 floors (ground, first and loft extension)
- 20 year old ground floor single storey extension to rear
- 15 year old rockwool cavity wall insulation
- 10 – 20 year old mix of double glazing
- 10 year old loft extension (with terribly installed PIR insulation)
- EPC Rated D (EPC assessment prior to solar install)
Although i have made changes over the years, as per the details in this Fabric Retrofit article.
A combination of the older improvements like double glazing cavity wall insulation alongside the newer work I completed, the full house heat loss is less than 4kW as detailed in this article; Air Changes Per Hour Heat Loss.
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