Homes for today & tomorrow.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
Date:
1961
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Homes for today & tomorrow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    49 50 5! 52 4 Thermal Storage System The thermal storage system which we have considered is electric underfloor heating with embedded cables, providing direct heat in living-room, dining- kitchen and hall; the loading is 6.56 kW. with a 2 kW. panel fire in the living room. Water heating is assumed to be by off-peak current with a storage cylinder. The consumptions which we quote here are based not on theoretical calculations but on experience of systems of the type concerned in use in houses similar to the one studied. It is claimed by the British Electrical Development Association that these consumptions are typical of the system in normal use for continuous heating. The system could be extended to provide direct heating in the bedrooms by the addition of panel fires. The figures for a system of this kind which we give below are based on the assumption that heating of the 2 bedrooms to 65° would be required for 25 hours a week during the heating season. The estimated annual fuel consumptions and costs for these systems are given in Table IV. TABLE IV Thermal Storage System. Space and Water Heating Cost in Cost Annual, |} ——___—_- Annual Fuel Fuel (Compared with basic Consumption Cost system) Ground Floor only 9,200 units off-peak £5! £12 less +£17 3,700 ,, on-peak Ground Floor and 9,200 units off-peak £53 +£12 +£22 short-period heating of 4,200 ,, on-peak two bedrooms (25 hrs. a week)