Straw eco house, Yorkshire

The four-bedroom, three-storey property in the East Riding of Yorkshire has allied under-floor insulation, loft insulation, high-grade windows, photovoltaic roof panels and solar thermal with an 8.5kW Ecodan air source heat pump.

In this installation, the Ecodan unit provides all of the space heating and also makes a contribution to the hot water; Chris Gibbins hopes that the RHI income from this, in conjunction with the installation of other renewable energy technologies, will bring him close to covering all of his energy costs.

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