A statistical approach to the determination of energy savings in a solar-assisted water-heating system

R.G. Pontin and I. Thomson

Applied Energy, 1987, vol. 28, issue 4, 283-294

Abstract: A method of determining the cost benefits of a flat-plate solar-energy collector system used for domestic hot-water preheat is reported. Because the method obviates the need for a non-solar heated control comparison and does not call for any temperature logging within the system it is ideally suited to existing installations. The method relies on a statistical analysis of readily-available data and has been applied to assess the savings made in a number of flats within an Edinburgh tenement block. Several different combinations of data inputs may be used with varying degrees of reliability in the results.

Date: 1987
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