
Sustainability
Top questions
- “Set & Forget”: Heat Pumps are designed for steady state operation so best practice is to set the thermostat to your preferred comfortable temperature and leave it. If any changes are to be made, they should be made gradually and to no more than 2°C to avoid large temperature shifts.
- Heat pumps work best in environments where drafts are kept to a minimum. Avoid leaving windows and doors open unnecessarily.
- Your installer should show you (at the minimum) how to do the following four actions:
- Set room temperature.
- Set water temperature.
- Set heating schedule/curve.
- Set heating point for low ambient temperatures.
- Switching it off.
- Using the “boost” function.
- Using the “Auto” control function.
- Making large temperature changes.
- Setting the room temperature too high.
Once your NC6 form is submitted to ESBN they need to notify Energia and we will set up your export account. ESBN will send us your export usage details when available and payment will show on your electricity bill.
If you do not have a smart meter at the premises you will need to get one installed by ESB Networks to get paid for what you export. Energia can request a smart meter on your behalf. 
Energia receive a notification from ESB Networks to let us know that a customer has a microgeneration installation.
We record this information on the customer’s account and will email them to let them know we have received this.
If you have submitted everything correctly to ESBN and have not heard from Energia please contact us.
For solar thermal, you can assume between €1,000 to €1,300 per square meter. But, as with all renewable home upgrades, a technical assessment by a registered professional will provide you with all the information you need.
A linear power warranty is a unique one to solar panels. The power output of a solar panel degrades over time so most (if not, all) solar manufacturers have linear power warranties that guarantee that the performance of the panel will stay above a certain rate over the warranty period. This is usually a 0.5 to 1% degradation rate with an allowance of 2% In the first year. These warranties tend to be in and around the 25 – 30-year mark.
Your installer should provide you with the exact details and lengths of the warranties on all the components installed with your solar array.
To grid, or Export, is the energy that is sent to the grid which has been generated by your solar panels but has not been used in the home.
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