Solar Water Heating

Because of the number of queries I thought that it woudl be better to put this under a new thread especially as fairly soon we will start testing these systems in some Mentas and villas and be able to supply manuals

Regarding the law the regulation in Murcia came into effect on a certain date and has been challenged by some buyers of Tilos and Laurels and proven, to lawyers, that the license dates are outside the agreement so these systems do not have to be fitted

They also would be checking the regulations before granting the Certificate of Habitation

Another good example is on RODA where the last phadse of Villas and apartmemnts on phase 3 have solar water heating

On Menta´s, Magnolia, Olma, and Nolga villas there are systems supplying solar heated water with visible solar panels and tanks on roofs

In order to comply with the regulations the developers only normally install the minimum specification on systems, in villas solar panels with a storage tank per property

My understanding is, still to be verified,  that on the Menta´s there are panels and shared water tanks and below the boiler a solar control system witha servies of valves that check the temperature of the incoming water, through a control valve, and then route this directly around the home system or through the boiler 

Obviously if it is a shared tank to use a term he who dares wins, perhaps an early shower is the way to save money

You can adjust the temperature of the water ouput using the thermostat setting on the front of the boiler

I also understand that the central heating system, again gas boiler based, is seperate to thisbut again please bear with me as I have no fully working systems yet that I can check

Hi Roy - to my knowledge the law was passed in Murcia in December 2006 to be enforced from January 2007.  If my memory serves me correctly, planning permission for phases 1 and 2 was granted in April 2008.  It seems that there is a bit of a gap here.

Russ this is not the way that the system works and I will get the lawyers concerned to clarify exactly the legal ruling because i know a number of my customers have queried this, different lawyers, same response as I juts leave it as a legal query

The developer would have had to comply with the law but as with most of these laws there are legal exclusions and special terms and to see more follow this link http://www.solarordinances.eu/Portals/0/ProSTO_newsletter_2009-05_small.pdf 

The COH would not have been granted if the properties did not meet the legal requirements of the planning license but agian most lawyers acting for clints will be able to answer this query as unlike the Mentas it is not listed in the original specification and contracts

Thanks Roy - I would appreciate that.  It does seem a bit bizarre that some phases have to adhere to this whilst others don't. 

I can only think that the powers that be OK'd the original plans before the law was introduced and prior to the other environmental objections that were made.

Hello again Roy - did you manage to find out any info - thanks Russ

I have been some information but I am just waiting for it to be confirmed in writing