Two innovative companies, Solarwatt and Stiebel Eltron U.K., have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind home in the United Kingdom. According to Solarwatt, the companies unveiled their fully integrated solar energy and heat pump system at a home in North Wales.
The companies have created a single renewable energy package combining Solarwatt's solar panel technology with Stiebel Eltron's heat pump system and smart energy management systems. Solarwatt's advanced Manager Flex and Stiebel Eltron's EM Trend software package optimize the system and support energy storage.
Homeowners can control the output using an app. They can hold on to stored energy or draw energy from the grid when needed. The system also allows the heat pump to automatically optimize energy consumption and utilize energy generated from the solar panels more effectively in response to changing weather conditions.
"If we're going to drive forward sustainable homes, we need to enable homeowners to optimize their energy usage," said Stiebel Eltron U.K. managing director John Felgate. "This collaboration represents a significant step forward in doing this by integrating Solarwatt's revolutionary technology with our heat pumps to provide an end-to-end solution which will power Britain's homes."
Both companies are originally from Germany, where they've already been successfully implementing the system, but this system or something like it could become more prominent in the U.K. in the near future.
In 2022, England's Conservative Party government pledged to build 300,000 new homes a year, which would have put the country well over its share of carbon pollution under climate commitments. But in 2024, the new Labour Party government pledged to prioritize sustainable construction and make the homes themselves more eco-friendly, according to One Click LCA.
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According to Construction UK Magazine, most homebuyers are willing to pay a little more for energy-efficient homes.
"Delivering renewable energy solutions is at the heart of what we do at Stiebel Eltron," Felgate said, "and this is an important step in the journey toward sustainable, green housing across the U.K."
A system like this will not only save homeowners a lot of money, but it will also reduce planet-heating pollution, which leads to life-threatening extreme weather.
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