Sustainable Home Survey (SPIRA - Solar PV Installation via Rope Access)

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics)

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)

Project Contact
The Sustainable home Survey Company C.I.C

Smart - Proof of Market

Innovate UK

01 May 2015

30 November 2015

7 months

£24,499

London

Competition Call: 1501_SmartRd6_ POM - Smart Round 6 Proof of Market. Activity Proof of Market Rnd 6

Project Contact, The Sustainable home Survey Company C.I.C

The Sustainable Home Survey Company (SHS) is a leading community-focused energy management assessment company and social incubator. To date, SHS s management team has delivered over 15 low carbon ventures and actively supports team members in identifying and growing spin-out companies. In partnership with Avalon Sustainable Energy Solutions (ASES) - SHS propose the UK s first solar PV installation on South-fa ade of high rise blocks using ropes access to avoid the need for expensive and intrusive scaffolding access. The UK has made a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050. Increased deployment of renewable energy provides energy security, helps meet our decarbonisation objectives and brings green growth to all parts of the UK (DECC, UK Renewable Energy Roadmap, Nov 2013). Whilst a relatively high proportion of the UK s high rise blocks have already been benefited from various low cost energy efficiency measures - such as cavity wall insulation the uptake of renewable technologies across these blocks is still low, with various economic, cultural, behavioural and industrial barriers. SHS believes that utilising the whole South fa ade via rope access provides a cost-effective way to implement large scale domestic PV. Solar PV Installation via Rope Access (SPIRA) applies the innovations of rope access for cavity wall insulation to solar PV installation. These will be combined with innovative surveying and planning friendly design approaches to provide cost effective system solution. Successful deployment of the SPIRA solution requires co-ordination amongst many different stakeholders including, architects, PV manufacturers and installers, planners, councils, policy makers, energy companies and residents. Before this can be achieved, the addressable market requires: further segmentation, validation of the customer proposition; supply chain readiness verification; and development of an infrastructure roadmap.

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