Hot water: The technology behind thermodynamic panels

Kya deLongchamps teases out the technology involved in getting a quality hot water feed from alternative technology in the wet and overcast Irish climate.

There is a legion of sustainable energy devices appearing on our walls, roofs and abroad on our sites, some familiar and some head-scratchers.

It’s exciting to see that the change towards zero energy, suburban housing development across the country has really started, with the inclusion of not just solar plate panels or solar tubes but photovoltaic panels (generating DC current transformed instantly to AC current by domestic scale technologies).