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Message posted by John and Hilary on 29�January�2005 at 10:29pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

John and Hilary

Corfu

Hello all...... Firstly I would like to thank all users that have e'mailed me with support and encouragement with my build project.

We are having a villa built and overseen by JoNathan Dunn & Co from Kassiopi. Have any of you that are building looked into the installation of solar panels to heat water for showers etc . or even to run heating in winter? If so then what are the proceedures to have the build licence ammended to include them ? I have a friend in the UK who installs them and he says that the installation whilst a build is being constructed is a lot easier than if they are installed once a build is complete. Can anyone give me the contact details of a good heating/ventilating company on Corfu. I do not want to get my friend involved to avoid upsetting local tradesmen.

Regards..............John Owens

Message posted by Susanna on 30�January�2005 at 7:48pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Susanna

Corfu

John,

I remember from when we built our house that we were told it would take 20 years to recoup the cost of installing solar panels - so we didn't. You don't see many around the island, so I imagine that most people have followed our path - oil-fired central heating which also heats the water. We use it all year round as a water heater and it does seem to be reasonably economical.

Don't forget that Corfu gets quite a lot of cloud. If you have to have back-up electric immersion heaters for when it's raining, the cost must be quite high.

Hope this is helpful.

Susanna

Message posted by sixpackpieman on 30�January�2005 at 7:52pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

sixpackpieman

Susanna, you're going to be kicking your self in twenty years time when you're heating would have been for free LOL

Steve

Message posted by ecotrails on 30�January�2005 at 8:22pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

ecotrails

Corfu

Cloud cover does not reduce significantly the amount of energy captured by solar panels and solar energy is a minimal/negligable contributor to environmental pollution unlike oil and gas fired enery production.

Technology is improving all the time, I would recommend looking into solar heating as at least part of your energy supply.

Ian 'Like the boat'

Message posted by Susanna on 31�January�2005 at 11:29am - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Susanna

Corfu

From my experience with villas in the summer, I can tell you that any that have solar heating cannot cope with high usage and we are forever getting complaints about there not being hot water.

Depending on where you live, I defy a solar panel to survive a winter of hunters pellets! We lose our telephone connection at least twice a year, and that's just an itty bitty bit of wire!

Susanna

Message posted by ecotrails on 31�January�2005 at 12:26pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

ecotrails

Corfu

Susanna

I agree solar heating is not a solution by itself which is why I wrote that it can contribute to significant savings on your energy bill.

Villas and other tourist accommodation tend to rely on solar heating too much simply cos the owners do not have to pay a large electricity bill.

As to hunters pellets, thats an interesting one, but I would imagine since like Italians the Greek macho hunter will shoot at anything bigger than an ant, then the amount of sparrows sitting on telephone lines will attract the hunters attention. I do not think they would let fly into someones garden or house if the same sparrow was sitting on top of a solar panel (well maybe some would).

Ian

Message posted by chippy54 on 31�January�2005 at 9:25pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

chippy54

Corfu

Hi John and Hilary

we have just spent 10 days in an appartment in corfu with solar panels and it rained 9 out of the ten days we where there and we never had any hot water and belive me cold showers are not nice even in greece

think hard the panels are ok in the summer but you need back up in the winter

chippy54

Message posted by helga on 05�February�2005 at 2:23pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

helga

Corfu

I just went to ask about solar panels on Corexpo a few months ago. These systems are getting better and better. Most of the time you would be able to heat your warm water and your house. Ofcourse you will allways need a backup for the days that there isn't any sun at all. (wich would be about 20 to 30 a year?). The panels should be facing south. At the moment the panels are subsidised and you get half of your money back. An electric boiler and woodburner would be good for backup. If you take floorheating the water doesn't have to get as hot as with normal central heating. Tell your architect you want this, so he can include this in the plans. The roof should be built a certain way. If you have a look on the internet for active (and passive) solar you will find plenty of info.

Message posted by John and Hilary on 07�February�2005 at 7:49pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

John and Hilary

Corfu

Hi Helga.where is Corexpo ? are these panels subsidised on Corfu ?

Can you give me any more information or a contact site for me to look at ?

Best wishes...........John & Hilary

Message posted by malton on 07�February�2005 at 8:03pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

malton

Corfu

Go for the solar panels i made my own simple, cheap, and they work for 8 months of the year we have 21 gallons of hot water and its never run cold in the summer. turn them off in November on in April

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