It could well be the case that the fitting of Solar Energy Panels is the first step on a eco positive route for a domestic customer, so surely this could well be an opportune time at which to mull over their life style. While it could not be essential to go as far as absolute self-sufficiency, there could well be some areas worth examining that can pay dividends, such as the electrical devices that are in use around the house, or the quality of insulation in the loft and cavity walls and the quality of the window frames. After all the Solar Energy Prices for a typical Solar Energy Panels installation is about the ?12,000 mark and so this sort of expenditure should not be taken lightly, in fact, if possible, it should be used as a building block for a more eco positive location.
If the domestic customer is not sure which electrical devices are the most economic, then they could look on the Energy Saving Trust web site, which performs efficiency tests on a range of domestic electrical devices, to allow the domestic customer to see what models are most efficient and will allow them to save money on their electricity bills. It’s also significant that the domestic customer gets the best payback from the Solar Energy Prices they have paid by having their home insulation up to standard. Windows need also be checked for soundness and be draught free so that thermal losses are reduced as far as possible. The Solar Energy Panels should produce some 40% of the typical house electricity needs and there is also a Feed-in Tariff available to eco positive energy producers that will get them a payment for each kW of electricity they supply and also, if they send any excess electricity to the National Grid, then they get paid for that in addition. So the domestic customer can get pay back for the Solar Energy Prices incurred when they had the Solar Energy Panels fitted and if they maximise their energy efficiency as well, then they should see better returns on the Solar Energy Prices. One of the best things about Solar Energy Panels is that they are easy to sustain, in that the rain could well wash off any dust that settles and it is really only in locations where there are trees close by that the Solar Energy Panels could well get stained with bird droppings or tree sap, that will need to be removed manually.
