Our hints and tips will help if you are considering installing solar collector panels or evacuated tubes:
- You should ensure the solar collectors are preferably southerly facing and angled.
- The solar collectors should not be shaded during daylight hours
- The roof structure needs to be suitable to install solar collectors
- Where roofs are positioned east to west, solar collectors should be installed on each side to ensure that they benefit from the position of the sun throughout the day.
- There are various funding options available for renewables installations which you can read about on our grants page. For householders wanting to install microgeneration technologies, full details of available funding can be found on the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's Low Carbon Buildings Programme website.
