A Grant Solar Thermal System, including hot water cylinders and solar PV, was installed at a 46-bed homeless hostel which was built to provide housing for some of Plymouth's most vulnerable people.
Type of building: Forty-six bed hostel
Products: Solar Thermal System, Cylinders, Solar PV
Model: Sixteen collector Grant Sahara solar thermal system, two hot water cylinders, twenty-two 180W Grant Solar PV modules
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Installer: Electrical Contracting Services (ECS) Ltd
Completion: 2011
Developer: Signpost Housing
Comments: The solar thermal collectors have an excellent performance efficiency and they are also very robust.
