Solar panels harness the power in both direct and diffused sunlight, converting the energy into heat, to produce hot water for the home. Solar panels have been designed to complement existing heating systems which use a store of hot water in a cylinder and they are a perfect partner to regular and system boilers. A typical well-sized solar panel system should provide around 50-70% of the domestic hot water requirements of a home.

A ground source heat pump is an electrically powered system that uses the natural energy stored in the earth to heat your home. The principle is simple, and the result is low-cost comfortable heating that uses sustainable energy and causes no direct emissions or other damage to the environment. Worcester’s Greenstore ground source heat pumps are suitable for a variety of different properties and are designed to be the sole source of heating and hot water in the home. For every single kilowatt of electricity used to power the ground source heat pumps, this system could generate four kilowatts or more in energy for your home, whilst helping to conserve the earth’s dwindling supplies of non-renewable fossil fuels - coal, gas, and oil.

The air source heat pumps convert the free and sustainable latent energy in the air into heat, delivering green, low-cost, energy-saving heating and hot water all year round.

Biomass is a generic term for wood pellet, wood chip or bio-oil powered heating and CHP systems. Biomass is a renewable, low carbon fuel that is already widely available throughout the UK. Its production and use also brings additional environmental and social benefits. Biomass is a sustainable fuel that if correctly managed can deliver significant reduction in net carbon emissions when compared with fossil fuels. Biomass is ideal for properties where mains gas is not available.

Solar Photovoltaic collectors (or Solar PV as it is commonly known) utilise free energy from the sun to generate electricity. The installation of Solar PV will not only supplement a dwelling’s electricity supply but will also satisfy current Building Regulations by providing at least 10% renewable energy. Solar PV collectors rely on daylight (rather than radiation) to generate power through the use of photovoltaic cells within the collectors. Solar PV collectors are simple to install as they are fixed to a roof in the same way as solar thermal collectors but instead of pipework, cables are used. The cables are connected to an inverter which converts the DC electricity produced to AC electricity (AC electricity comes from The National Grid) which is either consumed by the household or sold back to the national grid. By combining Solar PV and Solar Thermal up to 25% of an average dwellings energy requirements can be met.