Let our experience shape yours.
Independent, practical and individually tailored advice for your solar PV project.
DISCOVER TESSi - COOKING BY SUNLIGHT
We have been testing and refining the design of our low/zero CO2 cooker for over two years now. We are just about to start manufacturing them, in small numbers initially. The cooker is powered by low cost/CO2 grid power at night and topped up with surplus PV output during the day. It is capable of storing 29kWh of thermal energy which is available for cooking 24/7, using two lovely graphite hot plates and/or a highly controllable fan-type oven. We are using the most advanced types of insulation available and a clever design to minimize standing heat losses. The small amount of heat emitted by the cooker is sufficient to dry clothes and/or keep the chill off the room in winter. For more details, visit our TESSi page.
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Tim Cooper is Ireland's leading expert in domestic photovoltaic systems, previously known as solar panels, and associated renewable energy storage and saving technologies. Tim can provide completely independent, scientifically sound advice about reducing CO2 emissions and saving money on your electricity bill. Our aim is to ensure that your photovoltaic system is properly designed and installed and, most importantly, is ideally tailored to your specific needs.
FAQ
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BIG TECH SHOW INTERVIEW
Tim had an interesting conversation with Adrian Weckler on the Irish Independent podcast The Big Tech Show about the benefits and considerations when installing PV panels. Listen here!
The photographs on this website show some of the systems that Tim Cooper has designed and installed in Ireland over the course of the last quarter century.
Still operational is the now 26-year-old system on the Green Building, together with two other smaller ones in West Cork, and we are still collecting data from several other domestic systems that Tim has designed and supplied over the years.
We are fortunate to have accumulated a vast amount of experience and expertise in the design, installation and operation of a wide range of photovoltaic systems. We are confident that we can design the perfect solar panels for your house, and provide you accurate and effective advice on their operation and maintenance.
Our knowledge and expertise is virtually unrivalled in Ireland, so please contact us for all queries regarding domestic PV modules and energy saving technologies. We’d love to hear from you.
Awards
The CHP/DHS project, serving Civic Offices and surrounding buildings, was conceived and designed by Tim Cooper and operated under his supervision during its first three years of use. It set out to demonstrate the viability of installing a gas fueled combined heat and power unit in an existing city centre office complex and using it to generate electricity and heat for the office complex and heat for the neighbouring buildings.
The project was commissioned in January 1997 and received the coveted Bremen Partnership Award in 2001. Frank McDonald commented as follows at that time
“Aided by a £500,000 (euro 634,869) grant under the EU Thermie programme, this innovative project was developed in the mid-1990s by Tim Cooper's Conservation Engineering Ltd for Dublin Corporation and Temple Bar Properties. It recently won the Bremen Partnership Award, beating 140 other projects, including some in Denmark and the Netherlands.
What so impressed the international jury, chaired by the Mayor of Bremen, Dr Henning Scherf, was that it had clearly resulted in a very significant reduction - 40 per cent - in carbon dioxide emissions, compared to conventional heating systems, and thus made a tangible impact in abating the greenhouse gases blamed for climate change.”
