Why Should Voltage Optimisation Be Included In The Green Deal

By Author: Salvatore Andrea
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The Green Deal

The Green Deal is to be governments lead scheme to improve energy efficiency. The scheme is based around the idea that certain properties, both domestic and commercial, will be able to install energy efficient measures into their home or business with no upfront costs to pay. The money for the measures would then be paid through their energy bills as the savings would outweigh the repayments. The plan is believed to be set to generate some massive savings for home and businesses alike.

Voltage Optimisation

Voltage Optimisation has already been proven at commercial and domestic levels, and is more than adequate when it comes to the quest for plans to push the Green Deal onward. With a much faster payback period, as well as greater savings on consumption than, for example, solar PV panels, Voltage Optimiser is already in use in the Department of Energy and Climate offices.

Why, then, is Voltage optimisation not included in the list of approved Green Deal technologies?

One significant problem is misunderstanding. ...
... While the related systems evaluate improvement with a computer program that is broadly based on the Energy Performance Certificate, this Software has been in use for a long time.
Energy Performance Certificates have, in the past, focused more on insulation, the result being that the system is limited when it comes to assessing other efficiency in other technologies.

The ultimate aims of the Green Deal are to improve matters with regards to the environment, and to bring down the costs of electricity bills to domestic and business users alike. Voltage optimisation can achieve just that. The initial investment required to get voltage optimisation installed into homes and businesses would be easily paid back within the limits of the “Golden Rule”.

Voltage optimisation is not beneficial for everyone although with the average voltage in the UK set at 242v and the optimum voltage for appliances normally between 220v – 230v, the potential is huge with many homes and businesses benefiting from the right technology.

There are many homes and business sectors that are already benefiting from voltage optimisation, and have been for many years although there are large numbers who have not been educated in the many benefits of this technology and have not yet taken up the money-saving systems.

Hopefully the Green Deal will help to bring Voltage optimisation of the home and businesses to the masses, driving down the costs of electricity and improving energy efficiency.