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The WRAS-approved
rainwater management system, The Rain Director®,
has a new solar version being launched
at Ecobuild. The Solar Rain
Director® incorporates
all the featu res of the original versions plus the
great advantage of using almost no mains
electricity. The Rain Director® is a gravity
rather than direct supply system. Instead of the
pump in the underground tank feeding appliances
directly, it pumps to a smart
header tank which gravity-feeds appliances. It
differs from other gravity-feed systems because the
pump only works when the h eader tank is almost empty
rather than every time water is drawn. Models RD-01
and RD-02 already reduce pump power use
considerably. The Solar Rain Director® will reduce
this to virtually nothing.
A
submersible 12 volt pump replaces the standard pump
and a small solar panel and battery pack ensures
rainwater can be pumped to the smart header tank
without any use of mains electricity. The control
panel
is also powered by the battery and solar panel.
Tests show that even on a cloudy day in the U.K.,
these state-of-the-art amorphous solar panels can
deliver charge enough for six times a typical
family's rainwater needs.
Besides being energy efficient, The Solar Rain
Director® with its small, neat control panel and
smart header tank, provides mains back-up,
water supply during power cuts and holiday modes to
avoid discoloured water. The specially-developed
mains backup charger uses no residual current from
the mains while in standby mode, another
energy-saving eco-feature.
Besides being energy efficient, The Solar Rain
Director® with its small, neat control panel and
special smart header tank, provides mains back-up,
water supply during power cuts and holiday modes to
avoid discoloured water. The specially-developed
mains backup charger uses no residual current from
the mains while in standby mode, another
energy-saving eco-feature.
Come and see the new Solar Rain Director® on stand
1180 at EcoBuild, Earls Court London, 2-4 March or
on stand L83 at the Homebuilding & renovating show
at the NEC, 18-21 March.
More at www.RainDirector.co.uk
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Steve Holt has joined us
as Sales Manager, Professional, from his own
eco-consultancy Morholt Ltd., w here his speciality
was rainwater harvesting. His career goes back
through several leading companies in the rainwater
and eco industry. He will concentrate on securing
high level sales of rainwater harvesting systems to
professional and commercial clients (contractors,
mechanical engineers, consultant engineers,
architects, housing associations, and other
developers),
rainwater installations in commercial buildings and
multi-dwelling developments (both in the public and
private sector). You can contact him on
steven.holt@rainwaterharvesting.co.uk
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He is the second new executive in the last few
months. Greg Copcutt (greg@rainwaterharvesting.co.uk)
joined the company as National Sales Manager,
Merchants, in December last year, concentrating on
sales nationwide through merchants and resellers.
Steve and Greg are both part of the sales team led
by our Group Sales Manager Ian Woodcock
ian@rainwaterharvesting.co.uk.
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These all form part of the biggest event in the UK
for sustainable design and construction. For the
first time, two whole days' worth of seminars will
be devoted to the subject of water. The seminar
specifically on rainwater harvesting and grey water
recycling is on Wednesday 3 March. This is followed
by another session on water consumption as featured
in the Code for Sustainable Homes and new Building
Regulations Part G.
formation
for self builders and those planning a renovation
project. The special annual show in February
includes seminars and workshops in addition to the
240 plus permanent exhibitors who will also hold
special demos. Marcus Bicknell, Marketing and
Technical Partner at Rainwater Harvesting Limited ,
will give a product presentation on the 26th and
discuss a Case Study on the 28th. This will be on
the South London terraced house that featured on
BBC-2's "It's Not Easy Being Green" where a 2700
litre tank plus Rain Director