Why Doesn’t the UK Love Solar Thermal?

Heating engineer Douglas Haigh wonders why we have lagged behind the continent in adopting solar thermal and how this could be set to change

“At last, the idea that solar thermal really can lower carbon emissions is getting through to politicians” In my 25 years within the solar thermal industry, the demographic that has had the largest take up of installations of this technology has been the self-build market. And it’s still been slow going! Sadly, there’s a lot of misinformation about solar thermal and this has affected its popularity. Self-builders, however, tend to consume information from a wide range of sources and will research whenever they receive conflicting information to find the right solution for their bespoke home. In many ways they are not risk-takers, but cautious. That said, solar thermal is rarely a risk for a new home. I have been involved in the design and installation of a lot of integrated…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2018

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