| mic calculations and a comparison of CO2 show that | | | | and a conventional electricity tariff without closing |
| solar heaters are the latest generation future-proof | | | | times and an eco-power tariff. |
| solutions in the marketplace. There are many solar | | | | Solar heating has the lowest CO2 emissions |
| heating systems but when it is worth the investment | | | | In addition to the total annual cost of the heating |
| and which system protects the environment the most? | | | | systems a comparison of CO2 emissions was made. |
| In a recent comparison test five heaters were | | | | As a basis, the CO2 equivalent of 4.5 GEMIS study |
| compared: | | | | were used and compared. |
| In the test we compared gas heater and solar heating | | | | According to many renewable heat can be obtained |
| system combination, a oil heater combined with a solar | | | | through the specially designed hybrid collectors directly |
| heating system, a borehole heat pump combined with | | | | from the sun and from the surrounding air. This saves |
| a solar heating system, a solar air heat pump and a | | | | SOLAERA more than 60 percent compared to an oil |
| solar heating system consisting of solar panels and a | | | | heating without solar heating and 35 percent |
| hybrid energy storage system. | | | | compared to gas heating and air heat pumps, each in |
| The result: Initial results showed that Solar Heating | | | | combination with a solar thermal system. Borehole |
| SOLAERA provided significant cost advantages over | | | | heat pumps with solar panels have a 20 percent |
| solar-assisted oil and gas heating and heat pump | | | | greater CO2 emissions than SOLAERA. |
| heating systems on the ground probes. An oil heating | | | | Solar heating with the greatest energy savings |
| system with solar per year is 36 percent more | | | | The solar heating of SOLAERA Consolar is the only |
| expensive than the solar heating SOLAERA. | | | | system that exceeds a primary energy saving of 50 |
| When looking into the different options we consider | | | | percent. This shows that it is conventionally supported |
| the investment costs of equipment, interest, installations, | | | | by a solar heating and is not - supported as in other |
| material, maintenance, fuel / electricity price increases | | | | systems - to a conventional solar heating. For this |
| and promotions as part of a full cost accounting for | | | | pioneering step, by the German Federal Environmental |
| over 20 years. The investment costs were taken | | | | Foundation Solar Heating SOLAERA supported with |
| including a study by the Economic Affairs of | | | | several innovation prizes awarded including the OTTI |
| Baden-Württemberg as well as a recent survey | | | | Innovation Award and the Swiss energissima Award. |
| by the Consumer Rheinland-Pfalz. | | | | SOLAERA will enable the full heat of a single-or |
| The timings for the heating efficiency are based on | | | | multi-family house in the old or new, without gas, oil, |
| independent test results of the Stiftung Warentest, the | | | | heat pump or air-ground probes evaporator in the |
| heat pump field test study of Agenda 21 group Lahr | | | | garden. This is made possible by newly developed |
| and the ITW, Universität Stuttgart. The simulation | | | | hybrid panels, which are the only source of heat the |
| results were verified in a Consolar and the ITW | | | | house, and integrated into the system combination of |
| supervised promotion. For SOLAERA came three | | | | heat pump and latent. The system is compact and is |
| electricity rates in the comparison: the conventional | | | | conveniently located in the basement of the building |
| heat pumps with electricity tariff curfew, which was | | | | space. |
| scheduled for the air and ground probes heat pump, | | | | |