Ecobuild preview
Climbing the ranks
The BPVA is once again supporting Ecobuild and telling visitors about
its initiative Rated Solar Installer.
Rated Solar Installer is a new rating programme for the UK solar
PV industry which enables domestic and commercial customers, as
well as schools, to find high quality products and installers.
The platform is based on well-used and popular rating concepts
and is designed to give customers confidence in going solar and a
peace of mind guarantee. In a few simple steps, customers can register,
post a job, choose their installer and rate the installer once a job is
completed. Domestic installations under this programme receive free
monitoring and 12 months free insurance. Customers can also apply for
finance, and buy extended insurance and maintenance services online.
The aim of this initiative is to reduce the cost of installation which
can be achieved partly by reducing installers’ sales and marketing fixed
overheads. There are no upfront fees involved in joining Rated Solar
Installer for both installers and manufacturers. Installers only pay a
small fixed fee per install after the completion of an installation.
Its mission is to ensure quality remains high and customers are
protected, by driving sub-standard products and service providers
out of the market. Rated Solar Installer hopes to drive that ambition,
by ensuring that consumers get access to the best local installers,
products and financing, all done at the click of a mouse.
Rating Criteria
The customer rates installers on below criteria:
• Quality
• Value for Money
• Reliability
• Workmanship
• Professionalism
• Product Knowledge
• Customer Service
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Setting the trend
Stiebel Eltron is using Ecobuild as the springboard for its launch of the HM Trend – a new pre-
plumbed and pre-wired hydronic module which links a hot water cylinder to an air source heat pump.
According to Stiebel Eltron, the HM Trend significantly reduces the installation time of its range
of ASHPs.
The company will also be exhibiting its latest generation of heat pumps. Its new WPF products
are designed specifically for domestic installations and operate up to 13kW in single phase.
The WPC range is designed for ease of installation in more confined spaces whilst the WPL 15/25
inverter driven heat pump is designed specifically for the UK climate.
All three products have a higher level of integration making them more ‘plug and play’.
Visitors will also be given the opportunity to try out Stiebel Eltron’s Sound Station – a sound box
which enables visitors to compare the sound of its heat pumps to other domestic appliances.
Products from the company’s solar PV and solar thermal range will also be on display.
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Planit earth
BayWa r.e Solar Systems will be showcasing a number of new products at Ecobuild.
As well as introducing the newest LG modules at the LG Café, it will be exclusively
introducing new inverters from Zeversolar, new Fronius Symo hybrid and battery
storage solutions along with its Novotegra PV mounting solutions and bespoke online
configurator Solar-Planit.
Designed and manufactured in Germany, Novotegra is available exclusively through
BayWa r.e in the UK for domestic and commercial PV rooftop installations.
Solar-Planit is an online site specific calculator designed to enable PV installers
to fully configure, specify, calculate loading and build the bill of materials for complete
rooftop PV mounting systems.
Designed and coded by PV installers for PV installers, BayWa r.e says it takes the
hassle out of mounting specification.
Other well known brands stocked by BayWa r.e include Hyundai, LG, Panasonic,
REC, NSP, Solar Frontier, Phono Solar and Yingli.
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