Microgeneration
Bell Ingram Microgeneration is the first service of its kind for land owners, land managers, property developers, architects and local authority managers. Our service offers:
- Independent and un-biased advice on all small-scale renewable energy projects ensuring optimum payback on micro hydro, micro wind, heat pump, wood and other biomass heating, solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV), biogas, biodiesel, community heating and combined heat & power (CHP)
- Specialist advice on all aspects of building-scale sustainable energy systems, including heating, lighting, ventilation, insulation, heat recovery, rainwater collection, passive solar, glazing and sustainable materials
- Advice and support for applications to grant schemes and project management of building-scale renewable energy systems
Rising energy costs and the availability of new financial incentives are leading to growing interest in building-integrated renewable energy systems, also known as microgeneration.
Energy experts predict that world oil demand will soon exceed supply, resulting in a sharp increase in energy costs. At the same time, governments are introducing incentives to encourage the use of alternatives to fossil fuels.
Rising building standards, new climate change legislation and the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates (EPC's) for buildings will affect property values, therefore buyers and tenants are increasingly attracted to homes with low energy costs.
These factors mean that pay-back times on energy-efficiency measures and renewable energy systems, such as automated wood systems, heat pumps and solar collectors, are shrinking. Demand is keeping costs fairly high but government grants and generous ‘feed in’ electricity tariffs for hydro, wind and solar PV introduced from April 2010, can make such schemes highly attractive.
Government-funded bodies such as the Carbon Trust, the Energy Saving Trust and the Energy Saving Scotland Advice Centre network provide general advice on microgeneration. This advice is helpful but in order to find the best solution for you, you need detailed and independent site-specific advice.
Bell Ingram creates bespoke microgeneration strategies for clients of all sizes. We can help you introduce:
- Insulation and draft-proofing
- Heat recovery ventilation and low energy lighting
- High efficiency gas and oil boilers and improved control systems
- Biomass (wood chips, pellets, logs, grain, straw)
- Heat pumps (ground-, air- or water-source)
- Solar (thermal or photovoltaic)
- Micro-hydro
- Small-scale wind
The suitability of these systems is very site-sensitive so we look at each location carefully to determine the best strategy, then help you implement it so you can start to reap the benefits green energy offers.
It is now possible for us to start making changes which don’t cost the earth.
It's your energy – use it or lose it
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