Reading the March 2006 issue of Grand Designs (which naturally I received on the 2nd Feb), I was somewhat relieved to see that the Eco Tech page of their Home Tech supplement has now grown to 4 pages and covers very practical projects.
On the heating control front, they suggest the company Sensible Heat as a supplier of intelligent heating control systems, which Grand Designs suggests can save up to 30% on energy bills.
My first impression of the Sensible Heat website was very pleasing. They point out that "nearly 50% of the CO2 emissions produced by the UK come from heating (and cooling) in buildings", "66% of the energy we use in a typical UK home is used for space heating, and a further 16% is used for heating hot water" and "by 2020 we will be importing over 90% of our Natural Gas".
They say, "Wouldn’t it be sensible to tackle some of these issues now ? We think so."
I say, "Absolutely. Let's do it!"
On their website, they talk about the Honeywell Hometronic system, which gives integrated home control, not just heating, all based on low power radio transmitters.
Looking at Honeywell's website http://content.honeywell.com/uk/homes/hometron1.htm (which unfortunately is dire!), this seems to be capable of all aspects of home automation, but I've not yet got to the end of that investigation. The good news is that it "now" supports underfloor heating...
Looking a little further, I did find their heating only system [http://www.cm-zone.com/application.php?language=en] ...
Thursday, February 02, 2006
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