community school
Platt Bridge School, Wigan
A brand new school with a brand new outlook
At this state of the art school five microgeneration solar thermal collectors were specially designed to integrate with the rest of the Rotex systems using a novel, high temperature, double-sleeved plastic pipework system - ideal for this kind of environment.
With an aperture area of 2.35m2 on each of the collectors, the collector array is capable of heating the 500 litre Solaris h
ot water calorifier up to 85o Celsius. The system is non-pressurised, which means that it doesn't require any special maintenance. As a "drain-back" system it can operate throughout the year without any anti-freeze.
The system was installed and commissioned in two phases.