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Abbots Bromley School for Girls is a thriving private boarding and day school with around 300 students aged between 4 and 18. It has a reputation for excellence aimed at ensuring every girl achieves her full potential both academically and socially, and offers a curriculum covering a wide range of subjects.
The prestigious school includes some of the finest education and sports facilities in the area, including new science laboratories, dance studios, music rooms, a chapel, Astroturf sports pitch, athletics track, racket sports centre, swimming pool and an equestrian centre.
The school equally pays particular attention to environmental issues and has recently completed the installation of a new Buderus solar thermal panel system to provide energy efficient heating for its swimming pool complex. This new system replaces an existing 30 year old solar system which was one of the earliest larger scale, commercial solar panel installations in the country, installed at a time when using solar for power generation was in its commercial infancy. However the old system had become outdated and inefficient and had suffered panel damage and pipework deterioration over the years.
It was recognised that a new, modern solar system was needed to provide the necessary heat for the swimming pool and the hot water needs of associated showers and washbasins. Swimming is an important area of school activities and the all year round use of pool facilities is vital in maintaining the strength of the school's swimming teams which compete in national events.
Vale Heating & Plumbing of Pershore specified 32 solar panels in 2 fields, each of 16 panels. They chose Buderus solar panels for their build quality, their high energy yields and because they are designed especially for large-scale commercial applications. A high performance range of Buderus pump stations and accessories allow for individual fields of between 10 and 50 solar panels to be installed. Multiple fields of panels, and split systems are also possible for bigger commercial installations.
The flat plate SKS 4.0 collectors have been installed using the Buderus in-roof mounting system providing an unobtrusive and stylish finish in keeping with the rest of the building.
Buderus
Cotswold Way, Warndon, Worcester, WR4 9SW
Tel: 01905 752936
Email: general.buderus@uk.bosch.com
Web: www.buderus.co.uk
