A solar/wind heated house and a small island community, Orkney, Scotland

Abstract

A low-energy house has been built utilizing passive solar, wind power and heat recovery for all space heat. The remote island population, 79, has been surveyed in detail for all energy use. Space heating requirement per person is twice the U.K. average because of the northerly latitude, 5°C average annual temperature, traditional housing, and high wind speeds average 8.2 m/s. The 10 kW wind turbine generator heats a 2000 1 storage tank for a controlled wet heating system to radiators. Full details and costs are given of this EEC DG17 supported project.