Britain's first Solar heated house: Mr. Peter Martin, his wife Barbara and 6 months old daughter, Kate, will shortly be moving into Britain's first solar heated house in an experiment backed by the Milton Keynes Development Corporation. The three bedroomed house is fitted with roof top solar panels to trap the sun's rays. These panels, which act as a solar collector, capture and absorb heat which is then transferred in water to storage tanks. From these tanks warmth is distributed to the central heating and hot water systems, which are conventional. The collector consists of a series of flat panels with built in water tubeways rather like the ordinary domestic radiator. The black surfaced panels are mounted under large sheets of surfaced panels are mounted under large sheets of glass in the roof. As the water flows through the tubes it is heated by solar radiation and then returned to storage for distribution. Photo Shows The Martin Family pictured outside the solar heated house at Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, showing the solar panels in the rear roof.
Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 03-03-1975.
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