REI Mar-Apr 2012 - Renewable Energy Installer
REI Mar-Apr 2012 - Renewable Energy Installer
REI Mar-Apr 2012 - Renewable Energy Installer
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Knowledge: Ecobuild preview<br />
Getting hands on<br />
Practical thinking: Plumb Center has teamed up with manufacturers again to create the Practical Installation demonstration area<br />
ractical <strong>Installer</strong> returns to<br />
P<br />
Ecobuild again this year, giving<br />
visitors a chance to experience<br />
renewables installations<br />
fi rst hand. Plumb Center has<br />
teamed up with manufacturers from across<br />
the renewables industry to create the<br />
demonstration area that will offer 36 live<br />
presentations spread out over three days.<br />
Day One<br />
54 | www.renewableenergyinstaller.co.uk<br />
The company says that each session will<br />
provide insight in to some of the technical<br />
considerations when installing renewable<br />
technologies, dispelling some of the myths<br />
and showing how many of the products that<br />
are already on the market will be instrumental<br />
in delivering a sustainable future.<br />
Practical <strong>Installer</strong> will be divided in to fi ve<br />
topical areas covering solar thermal and PV,<br />
retrofi tting heat pumps, rainwater harvesting,<br />
biomass and micro CHP, and fi nally grey water<br />
recycling and water effi ciency.<br />
Alongside Plumb Center, the<br />
manufacturers involved in Practical <strong>Installer</strong><br />
include: Baxi, Dimplex, Ecoplay, Fernox,<br />
Honeywell, Kingspan <strong>Renewable</strong>s, Kingspan<br />
Water, Uponor, Vaillant and Worcester Bosch.<br />
Start time Topic Presented by<br />
11.00 Roof mounting solar PV panels Ploughcroft and Plumb Center<br />
11.30 Installing rainwater harvesting systems Kingspan Water<br />
11.50 Retrofi tting a heat pump Dimplex<br />
12.20 Installing solar thermal collectors Vaillant<br />
13.20 Filling and fl ushing solar thermal systems Fernox and Vaillant<br />
13.45 Understanding greywater recycling systems Ecoplay<br />
14.05 Micro CHP and biomass featuring wireless controls Baxi and Honeywell<br />
14.25 Retrofi tting a heat pump Vaillant and Uponor<br />
14.55 Installing solar thermal collectors Worcester Bosch<br />
15.25 Filling and fl ushing solar thermal systems Fernox and Worcester Bosch<br />
15.50 Installing rainwater harvesting systems Kingspan Water<br />
16.10 Roof mounting solar PV panels Ploughcroft and Plumb Center