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ExtraCare, Hanover
installed area carbon dioxide avoided system

78 m2
peak output

6.75 tonnes/year
energy saving

Communal heating system

roof type

62 kW

31,000 kWh/year Hanover specialises in the design, development and management of housing for older people. An ExtraCare development of 52 dwellings at Darcy House in Barking and Dagenham was chosen as a showcase for environmentally sustainable building technologies with a target BREEAM rating of Very Good.

Flat roof with frame mounting panels

Dagenham

Site Layout. Two storey block with 36 flats and 16 bungalows.

Site location

Design Viridian Solar used computer modelling to help the design team to select an appropriate size for the solar water heating system based on realistic estimates of hot water demand, renewable energy targets and value for money.

ISG Jackson has been pleased to work in partnership over a number of years with both Viridian and Hanover Housing Association, to develop together the optimum system for solar heating for ExtraCare estates. The residents of Darcy House will benefit from this innovative new solar panel .
Ian Vince MCIOB, Pre-Construction Manager, ISG Jackson Solar water heating follows a law of diminishing returns, with each square meter of solar panel providing less energy each year than the one before. The computer simulation enabled the design team to select the most cost effective size for the solar installation on the ExtraCare block.

Clearline solar panels were craned to roof level

Support frames in position ready for solar panels

Viridian Solar
www.viridiansolar.co.uk Tel 01763 853 007

Elevation of ExtraCare Block

Heating System Hot water for the ExtraCare block was to be provided by a communal heating system in a ground floor plant room. Two 800 litre cylinders, heated by gas boilers feed a circulating hot water loop from which the flats draw hot water. The solar loop transfers heat from the 26 solar panels mounted on the roof and indirectly heats three 1,000 litre cylinders (the solar buffer).

Integration with the heating system

Cold mains water is heated in the solar buffer tanks, which then feed the conventional heating system. If the water from the solar buffer is hot enough, the thermostatic control on the gas fired heaters will prevent the boiler from firing. If the solar buffer is not hot enough, the boiler will fire to lift the temperature to the set level.
Rsl and developer main contractor architect m&e consultant m&e contractor roofing contractor

Installation on green roof

Installed array of 78 sq. metres

Viridian Solar
www.viridiansolar.co.uk Tel 01763 853 007