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		<title>Off grid barn  - energy use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:05:33 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>georgetomos</author>
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			<![CDATA[Our off grid barn to AECB silver standard has now been in use for the first six  months.(March to September)<br /><br />Has been occupied constantly and summary of energy use is as follows:<br />Main heating system  - Woodburner and some passive solar<br />Water Heating - Direct LPG water heater<br />Cooker & Fridge - LPG<br />LPG consumption has been an average of 35 Kg per month. (cooking, fridge and hot water)<br />Wood log consumption has been 1.5 tonnes to date<br />The 390 W PV array runs all the lighting , small power and also the pump from the spring to the holding tank.<br />This has been beefed up by a further 260W for the coming winter - we'll see how it goes. <br />I have no data on the PV performance only that to date and no call for the backup generator, apart from guests leaving things on by mistake a couple of times, there have been no issues  - we will see how things are in the winter.<br /><br /><br />link to website below www.beudybanc.co.uk]]>
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