Renewable Energy for Buildings

October 2008

Copies of the presentations from the seminars are available below.

New buildings are increasingly required by both national and local policy to include onsite renewable energy. The national 2016 zero carbon homes policy requires new dwellings to meet a growing amount of their energy demand from renewables, with the Government signalling there will be a similar policy for new non-residential buildings; while local authorities are setting targets for renewable energy generation from new buildings in their emerging Local Development Frameworks (LDFs).

The seminars covered:

• Policy requirements for renewable energy in buildings
• Issues to consider when looking at installing renewable energy in new buildings
• Pros & cons of each renewable energy technology
• Costs of each technology, including both capital & running/maintenance costs
• Amount of energy & the CO2 savings that each technology generates
• Building/development types & situations that each technology is suitable for

The seminars looked at the following technologies:

• Biomass heating
• Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
• Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)
• Small-scale wind
• Solar PV
• Solar water heating

The seminars were organised by the Devon Sustainable Building Initiative (DSBI) on behalf of Renewable Energy 4 Devon (RE4D), a partnership that provides independent renewable energy advice & support within Devon.

For copies of the presentations from the seminars please click on the links below. All presentations are in PDF format. Please note that some of the presentations are large.

The requirements for renewable energy in new buildings (2.3MB)

Gareth Walton, Director, Devon Sustainable Building Initiative

Renewable energy for buildings (Part 1) (1.3MB)

Renewable energy for buildings (Part 2) (1.4MB)

Martin Holley, Senior Technical Project Manager, Centre for Sustainable Energy

How Renewable Energy 4 Devon can help you (1MB)

Nick Goff, Business Mentor, Renewable Energy 4 Devon

How Renewable Energy 4 Devon can help you (1.3MB)

Ben Eardley, Business Mentor, Renewable Energy 4 Devon

These seminars were provided free of charge thanks to funding from the Government Office for the South West (GOSW) & the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) through Devon Renaissance.