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Community Facilities

Rousay turns on the heat

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Details: Monday, 23 March 2009 11:48 Tamsin Morris Hits: 516

A community hall in Rousay has just installed a unique system which combines a small wind turbine with the existing radiator and hot water system to provide heating and power for the building.

The Rousay Manse building in the Orkney Islands is used by various community groups for meetings and events and the combination of a new turbine with the existing radiators should reduce running costs for the building. The system was installed by local electrical engineers and, as a new approach, includes several data loggers and sensors so that it can be analysed in the future. Hopefully the findings from that evaluation will enable the system to be adapted and used in similar buildings elsewhere.

To find out more about the Rousay system, visit the Community Energy Scotland website.