Lomax Builders Ltd breathes new life
into Victorian School
Built in 1897 for £3000, St Marks Boys
School in Hall Road, Norwich has been
quietly refurbished into eight stunning
energy efficient apartments by Lomax
Builders Ltd.
Using Minus7 technology, Lomax
Builders have been able to provide low
carbon heating and hot water to tenants at
minimal running costs, enabling them to
charge a reduced price for heat and create
an additional revenue stream.
Meeting the highest environmental
and sustainability targets
D iscovered at EcoBuild by David
Lomax, Minus7 is an award-winning
building integrated technology made up
of 3 parts: An energy collecting roof,
a solar energy processor and thermal
stores. As the solar thermal tileplanks
work with conventional roof construction
methods, they blend in seamlessly and
there is no need for ugly bolt-ons or
expensive back up systems.
Weighing 27kilos per square metre – the
equivalent of Welsh slate - two areas of
the roof have been replaced with Minus7
tileplanks in slate grey. A total area of
93.6m2 has been covered with an output
of 64 Kilowatt hours. Three thermal
stores holding 12,000 litres of water
have been completely hidden under an
area of decking in the courtyard. The
distinctive Victorian character of St
Mark’s boys school has been retained
whilst meeting the highest environmental
and sustainability targets.
Appealingly simple for tenants
Available to rent from £875 - £1100
PCM, all apartments have been quickly
filled with happy tenants who have not
noticed anything different about the way
the system works as a standard timer and
thermostat controls it.
Whilst the modular nature of the
technology ensures that heating and
hot water demands can be met 100%
of the time, remote monitoring services
provides complete transparency of the
energy generated, used and stored. It
also allows the Minus7 after-care service
team to proactively ensure the system
is working as efficiently as possible,
without disrupting tenants.
“With so many choices on the market,
it’s hard to know what you’re getting”
said David Lomax “but Minus7 have
been really good, when people ask me,
would you use them again? I say Yes!”
Interestingly, David and his team have
been so impressed with Minus7’s system
performance and customer care that
they have now chosen to start their next
development with the next generation of
Minus7’s technology.
Launching latest innovation at
EcoBuild 2016
Already designed to harvest thermal
energy day and night efficiently at
temperatures as low as Minus 7ºC, the
latest innovation goes even further.
A new composite design of Minus7
solar endothermic tileplanks embeds
photovoltaic technology without
compromising their appearance. This
latest innovation makes much more
effective use of valuable roof space and
almost doubles the output of the system
per square metre. Allowing Minus7 to
offer a zero net carbon solution with zero
net running costs, by design.
Zero net carbon; zero net running
costs by design:
Minus7 have recently obtained capital
investment which has enabled them to
expand the core team and launch the next
generation of the technology.
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