Eco-friendly heat saving building
June 1st 2007 Burgess House, a complex of 179
luxury apartments in Leicester, has
been completed with ecological
factors at the forefront of plans.
The building has sustainabletimber
double glazing, high
insulation levels and energy
efficient lighting. Each flat has a
NIBE Ventilation and Heat Recovery
System supplying energy efficient
space and water heating.The NIBE
Fighter recovery units use heat
before allowing it to escape,
recycling it into a high water and
space heating capability.
In the case of Burgess House, the
oxygen-poor exhaust air is
collected via vents in the
bathrooms and kitchens and
replaced by fresh air from outside.
The unit takes the warm air into the
recovery system via a heat
exchanger and uses the retained
energy both for domestic water
heating and to retain an ambient,
controlled room temperature.
In the winter months when heat
requirement is at its
peak a subsidiary
immersion heater in
the water tank will
boost the system to
maintain required
temperatures but
for much of the year
the NIBE Fighter will
be the sole heat
supplier.
In Burgess House great care has
been taken to supply the NIBE unit
that best suits the size and
configuration of each apartment,
householders may be using Fighter
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