Inspace to put solar heating in 25% of new homes

Nearly a quarter of all the homes Inspace builds in 2008 will use solar heating technology, the company has announced.

It said that solar heating would appear in 360 homes after it sealed a deal with Viridian Solar as its exclusive provider of the technology.

Inspace said the move was expected to save 430,000kW of energy a year, equivalent to an annual reduction of 83 tonnes of carbon, as well as cutting yearly household heating bills by up to £100 per home.

Alan Cochrane, head of energy and environment at Inspace, said: “Traditionally, solar technology to provide heating has been installed retrospectively by an owner after a house is built or occasionally on new developments. This is a major step by Inspace towards introducing as standard the use of solar energy for all homes it builds where practical.”