Knowledge base

Reference information for UK home energy systems. Covers hardware, design, installation, standards, grid connection, tariffs and grants.

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Hybrid inverter

One inverter coordinating PV, battery, grid import and export.

Heat loss survey

How a room-by-room survey establishes the building fabric, ventilation and design heat load needed to size a heat-pump system.

PV commissioning pack

The handover bundle after a solar install: commissioning test results, certificates, warranties, monitoring and system documentation, and how to tell a complete pack from a thin one.

Monitoring portal data

Generation, consumption, export and fault data interpretation.

G98 notification pathway

Connect-and-notify route for generation up to 16A per phase.

MCS installation standards

MCS certification, installer rules and technology standards.

Tariff stacking

Combining export, smart import and managed-load tariffs.

Heat pumps and air conditioning

Heat pumps

Wet heating, hot water, emitters, controls, sizing, installation, tariffs and standards.

Air conditioning

Fixed and portable AC, split arrangements, cooling-load design, efficiency, siting and maintenance.

Brand and model catalogue

The knowledge base contains 230 concept articles alongside brand profiles and model pages. Each brand page links to the relevant product families and register-listed model codes.

Brands and models