February 26, 2010 - Solar Panels Rogue Trade Association in false claim allegations. - Solar panels or solar flannels? - The laudable aims of the Solar Trade Association's "Strict Code of Ethical Practice" include "To maintain and enhance the reputation of the STA and its members." High tone stuff indeed! So does the STA comply with... More →
February 2, 2010 - Solar Twin Offers Fixed Prices For Solar Electric Installations starting at £9,999 - Solar Twin Offers Fixed Prices For Solar Electric Installations starting at £9,999 - Today Solar Twin Ltd announces that to make life easy for UK consumers it is offering fixed price solar electric (photovoltaic installations) from only £9,999.... More →
January 15, 2010 - Time for DIY solar to get state subsidy? - If you think that DIY solar heating has been discriminated against and excluded from state subsidy for too long, read on! There are two main "market distortions" as the European Commissioners whould call them, VAT and grants. - A - The VAT penalty -... More →
January 3, 2010 - Solartwin helps housing developers achieve Sustainability Code 3 homes - 175 Solartwin solar water heating panels are being installed on Code 3 new build properties c/o Bournville Village Trust and developer Kier Partnership Homes. Read more about here about Bournville Village Trust (and the Solartwin news features in... More →
December 19, 2009 - Copenhagen accord barely saves face for the politicians - "Brokenhagen" Copenhagen climate change summit fails - says Friends of the Earth - "The developed world, which has done most to create this crisis, must face up to its global responsibilites." - What a *******... More →

UK Building Regulations Constrain Innovation

February 15, 2007

Fellow anoraks, designers and building control officers may like bedtime reading:

SAP2005
Low and Zero Carbon Guide
Domestic Heating Compliance Guide

One has to ask, who writes this quality stuff?

Flaws in solar heating standard identified

February 14, 2007

says Barry Johnston MD of Solartwin in Chester UK.

Summary table
EN 12975 Document

Update 20/12/2007. It appears that all parts of Europe that we have inquired in, but not UK are prepared to accept that EN 12975 is flawed and that flexibility is needed in its application. This could be great news for Solartwin [...]

Solar Panels Rogue Trade Association in false claim allegations.

Solar panels or solar flannels?
The laudable aims of the Solar Trade Association’s “Strict Code of Ethical Practice” include “To maintain and enhance the reputation of the STA and its members.” High tone stuff indeed! So does the STA comply with its own code? Does it in fact enhance its reputation?
You decide.
On top of what seemed [...]

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Solar Twin Offers Fixed Prices For Solar Electric Installations starting at £9,999

Solar Twin Offers Fixed Prices For Solar Electric Installations starting at £9,999
Today Solar Twin Ltd announces that to make life easy for UK consumers it is offering fixed price solar electric (photovoltaic installations) from only £9,999. Here are some examples of our prices for fully commissioned Solartwin Solar Electric PV (Photovoltaic) installations:

System
Peak
Size
Installed price. including VAT [...]

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Time for DIY solar to get state subsidy?

If you think that DIY solar heating has been discriminated against and excluded from state subsidy for too long, read on! There are two main “market distortions” as the European Commissioners whould call them, VAT and grants.
A – The VAT penalty – in UK, for example DIY solar kits face 17.5% VAT in UK when [...]

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Solartwin helps housing developers achieve Sustainability Code 3 homes

175 Solartwin solar water heating panels are being installed on Code 3 new build properties c/o Bournville Village Trust and developer Kier Partnership Homes. Read more about here about Bournville Village Trust (and the Solartwin news features in all the latest editions of Northern Housing, Midlands Housing and Southern Housing magazines.)
The Code for Sustainable Homes [...]

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