therefore result in a greater uptake of the technology. List the key variables that should be considered to ensure the activity best represents the delivered energy savings The key variables are, Peak and off peak electricity rates, The energy demand of the facility, the hot water demand of the facility and the size of the PV array. A home or business with a large PV array, small daytime peak demand in relation to the PV array and large hot water demand will benefit most from the installation of a power diverter. The quality of insulation on the piping and hot water tank will effect thermal losses to the environment. There are currently no standards around power diversion in Australia. This technology has been used in the UK very successfully for many years, while this technology has only been deployed in Australia for Where defined standards do not exist, discuss how perhaps two years. The quality/performance expectations can be validated, e.g. provide success of this energy a proposed outline of a standard approach for assessing the saving measure can easily energy performance of the activity. be assessed by simply comparing a home or businesses off peak energy demand before the installation of the power diverter to that of the home or business after installation.
therefore result in a greater uptake of the technology. List the key variables that should be considered to ensure the activity best represents the delivered energy savings The key variables are, Peak and off peak electricity rates, The energy demand of the facility, the hot water demand of the facility and the size of the PV array. A home or business with a large PV array, small daytime peak demand in relation to the PV array and large hot water demand will benefit most from the installation of a power diverter. The quality of insulation on the piping and hot water tank will effect thermal losses to the environment. There are currently no standards around power diversion in Australia. This technology has been used in the UK very successfully for many years, while this technology has only been deployed in Australia for perhaps two years. The success of this energy saving measure can easily be assessed by simply comparing a home or businesses off peak energy demand before the installation of the power diverter to that of the home or business after installation. Where defined standards do not exist, discuss how quality/performance expectations can be validated, e.g. provide a proposed outline of a standard approach for assessing the energy performance of the activity.
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