Solartwin
Solar hot water collector, flat plate
'Invented at Napier University in Edinburgh, Solartwin won a DTI “Smart Award” for innovative technology. Solartwin’s unique freeze-tolerant solar water heating panel is fed by an quot;quot;intelligentquot;quot; solar electric pump. Hidden inside the patented heat absorber are our unique flexible water channels. Double glazing, in front, lets the sun’s heat and light in. “Twin-optimised” heat absorber coatings make it very hot. Daylight drives the solar electric pump. This moves cold water, through a narrow pipe, from the bottom of your existing hot water cylinder into the panel. Here, the water heats up. Your solar hot water then delivers itself, direct, to the top of the cylinder. That’s it.'
| Material/s: | unknown |
| Environmental statement: | none |
| BRE Ecopoints: | unrated |
| Green Guide rating: | unrated |
| Environmental certification: | none |
| 3rd party accreditation: | none |
| 3rd party product endorsement: | none |
| Quality certification: | none |
| Reusability / Recyclability: | reusable |
| Recycled content to ISO 14021: | unknown |
| Life expectancy | unknown |
| Substitute for or new materials / method: |
non-renewable hot water generation |
| Downloads: | Product brochure |
| Codes of Practice: | |
| Workmanship Work Section: | |
| Country/s of manufacture: | UK |
| UK distribution location: | Chester |
| Alternative products: | Solar collectors |
| Further information: | Guide to hot water solar collectors |
| Information last updated: | Saturday 3rd, May 2008 |
| Manufacturer's evidence rating:* |  |
| Manufacturer: | Solar Twin Ltd |
| Address: | 2nd Floor, 50 Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LA, UK |
| Telephone: | 01244 403404 |
| Fax: | 01244 404 410 |
| Email: | hi@solartwin.com |
| Website: | www.solartwin.com |
| Supply chain availability: | Manufacturer |
| Supplier: | Solar Twin Ltd |
| Telephone: | 0845 1300 137 |
| Email: | hi@solartwin.com |
| Website: | http://www.solartwin.com |
The product has been selected on the above average performance in the following areas:
| - | Abiotic depletion | - | Acidification |
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Global warming | - | Eutrophication |
| - | Ozone layer deplection | - | Solid Waste |
| - | Human toxicity | - | Radioactivity |
| - | Fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity | - | Minerals extraction |
| - | Terrestial exotoxicity | - | Water extraction |
| - | Photochemical oxidation |
*Note:
Manufacturer's evidence rating
* One star rating: The product has been included based on an assessment of the manufacturer's own product information.
*** Three star rating: The product has been included on the basis of a third party, independent, Life Cycle Analysis (BRE Ecoprofile or similar).
