Eco House Build

System

what happened to the op?:(

Hintza

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Our first years total all up fuel bill in March - March was just under £1K

Is that just fuel or heating or does that include your electricity as well?

We put in a GSHP with 500m of loops and our total energy bill is running at about 10,000kW per annum. Unfortunately our electric tariff has gone up 25% this year which hurts a bit.

jimbo_the_jetset

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

I would recommend solar thermal, our Eco meter tells us we have used no gas at all (domestic HW) since the end of Spring.
Our first years total all up fuel bill in March - March was just under £1K

My meter readings tell me I am spending less that £5 a week heating the HW in summer. Whilst I would like a solar HW system, I'm guessing it wouldn't pay back for decades!!

Furts

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

The only thing that seems to influence your banding around here is the number of bedrooms. If your property is a load of dilapidated jerry built clapboard or a modern Eco Build you all end up in the same band.

PS> Our house is new timber framed high insulation airtight with heat exchange mechanical ventilation. I would recommend solar thermal, our Eco meter tells us we have used no gas at all (domestic HW) since the end of Spring.
Our first years total all up fuel bill in March - March was just under £1K

I would question the recommendation for solar thermal. I use the electric from pv panels to heat up water - I need to do something with it and not let it go to waste!

Pv panel costs continue to fall and must be close to solar thermal on costings. This was not the case two years ago. So where is the benefit in having solar thermal?

anotherbaldrick

Furts wrote: »

I would question the recommendation for solar thermal. I use the electric from pv panels to heat up water - I need to do something with it and not let it go to waste!

Pv panel costs continue to fall and must be close to solar thermal on costings. This was not the case two years ago. So where is the benefit in having solar thermal?

Because the developer built it into the house !

anotherbaldrick

Hintza wrote: »

Is that just fuel or heating or does that include your electricity as well?

We put in a GSHP with 500m of loops and our total energy bill is running at about 10,000kW per annum. Unfortunately our electric tariff has gone up 25% this year which hurts a bit.

It's what I said, our TOTAL energy bill and that is gas, electric and all associated standing charges. Even in the depths of winter we only had to put heating on for 2 hours to put some heat into the underfloor and upstairs for half an hour before we turned in . This kept our living area temperatures at 23.5 C. As a bonus we got a one off payment of £300 from the Government for allowing them to monitor our energy usage.

docmatt

the_r_sole wrote: »

what happened to the op?:(

Dunno maybe he had his gas bill?

anotherbaldrick

Think he was trying to drum up business for his company.

PasturesNew

Eco houses .... are for the already rich to think they are saving money.

If I had £325k I could buy a £200k house and spend £125k over the rest of my life worrying about the bills. A figure from above of £2.5k/year means my way ends up cheaper

System

that's not right at all - the design and layout of a house can contribute significantly to reducing energy use, it doesn't necessarily make it more expensive to build - hence the op building for around 1k per m2