Summary of this article: Including E.ON Next solar panels in a low-energy self-build is an essential part of your plans. As well as providing energy independence from fluctuating energy prices, they help power your home and the renewable energy systems that form part of your low-carbon scheme. Ensuring they are included from the start also ensures you can take advantage of the best tariffs, energy monitoring and long-term warranties that are on offer.
Undertaking a self-build in today’s world usually includes the goal of creating a low-energy home, where reliance on traditional fossil fuels is a thing of the past. Thanks to major developments in renewable energy, homeowners now find themselves faced with a variety of options.
But how do you fit solar panels into the overall design of an eco-friendly, low-energy home? According to the experts at E.ON Next, successful integration is best achieved by including a provision for solar panels from the start.
Using this early approach can help ensure a cohesive and strategic energy scheme that is focused on smart technology, is forward thinking and designed with future-proofing at its core.
Why include solar panels in a low-energy home?
So what does low energy really mean when building a new home? For the majority of homeowners, low energy consumption isn’t just about using less energy, it’s also about being more selective about where the energy comes from.
Installing an E.ON Next heat pump, or including an EV charger are essential to include when designing a future-proof home, but they still need electricity to power them.
The solution? Solar panels from a recognised, reputable company such as E.ON Next are a key feature of any integrated and cohesive eco-friendly scheme. By harnessing power from daylight and converting this into electricity, solar panels don’t just help to keep the everyday essentials of a modern home up and running, they also provide the power for other types of renewable energy to generate heat and hot water for the home.
Including solar panels in a low-energy home is about ensuring energy independence and freedom from fluctuating energy prices, leaving you free to build a home where both the running costs and the environmental impact is low. And, with changes to the Future Homes Standard meaning provision for renewable energy in all new builds will become mandatory from 2028, now is the perfect time to build with the future in mind.
What are the benefits of including solar panels in a future-proof home?
Choosing E.ON Next solar panels to reduce your reliance on electricity supplied by the National Grid comes with a number of advantages. As well as being able to choose options such as solar batteries to ensure you store electricity to use it when you need it most, there are additional benefits that help demonstrate how essential they are for an eco-conscious homeowner.
1. Less financial worry and potential financial gain
Generating your own electricity not only results in lower energy bills, but could also earn you money in the process. For every unit of electricity sold back to the grid under E.ON Next’s Smart Export Guarantee, you could earn up to 17.5p/kWh. And, according to the Government’s solar plans, there’s also the potential to save up to £500 a year on your future energy bills, turning your investment into one that gives back year on year.
2. You’ll have an integrated, ‘whole home strategy’ that puts you in control
Opting to install solar panels from an established energy supplier such as E.ON Next, also gives you access to a wide variety of smart tariffs, tailored to work with all the features of a low-energy home.
With options for off-peak tariffs, through to tariffs designed to support heat pumps and EV chargers, it’s a whole-home approach designed with you, the end user in mind. And, with 24/7 monitoring available at your fingertips via your phone, it’s easy to keep your low-energy goals on track throughout the year.
3. Solar panels will last – much like your new home
With your sights clearly set on the future in your new home, there’s no doubt you’ve built your home to last, which is why E.ON Next solar panels also fit perfectly into your plans.
While the quote-to-install phase may only take four-steps, the long-term warranties, including a 25-year solar panel product warranty, are designed with longevity in mind.
From quote to installation and beyond you can be confident that E.ON Next will be with you every step of the way to help you get the most out of your low-energy home.
In summary, there are clear and tangible reasons why solar panels don’t just fit into the bigger picture when building a low-energy home. Instead, they can perhaps be seen as the framework that supports the ethos of what it means to build a low-carbon, energy-conscious home.
Whether it’s powering a heat pump, boosting an EV charger or giving you the energy independence that comes from creating your own energy on site, including them within your scheme from the start is the best way to achieve your low-carbon, low-cost goals.
