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The future of residential building electrical installations

Arran Cameron
This is a spin-off from the discussion What is the best way to wire ceiling lights.


What do you think is the future of residential building electrical installations in 20 to 30 years time? Will they in modern and modernised houses be significantly different from what they are today or will they most likely be barely changed from what they are today?


Will consumer demand be a driving force for change or will electricians only make changes from the status quo in order to comply with updated wiring regs?
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    Sparkingchip:

    You still stuck in a box and need to start thinking outside of it, you are still just seeing the status quo being maintained in the future with a few minor tweaks.


    People in other  countries are already thinking quite differently to us here in the UK, have a look at the EDF French electricity tariffs and you will realise that they are already having yo embrace behaviour change to benefit from reduced tariffs at certain times of day.


    Andy Betteridge 




    In particular have a look at this tariff:

    The Tarif Bleu with the Tempo option



    The Tempo option has more or less replaced the above EJP option. It is a quite complex system, as it works with 6 different tariffs - blue, white and red, each segmented into heures pleines (HP) and heures creuses (HC) - that are applied depending on the day of the year.




    Prices for the Tarif Bleu EDF with the Tempo option - January 2019
    Power

    Annual subscription (with tax)

    Price of the kWh (with tax)

    Blue - HC

    Blue - HP

    White - HC

    White - HP

    Red - HC

    Red HP

    9 kVA

    €147.96

    €0.1104

    €0.1329

    €0.1255

    €0.5558

    €0.1323

    €0.5413

    12 kVA

    €172.92

    15 kVA

    €183.60

    18 kVA

    €200.88

    30 kVA

    €286.68

    36 kVA

    €328.56



    Now start designing an electrical installation to reap the most benefit from that!


    Andy Betteridge 

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    Sparkingchip:

    You still stuck in a box and need to start thinking outside of it, you are still just seeing the status quo being maintained in the future with a few minor tweaks.


    People in other  countries are already thinking quite differently to us here in the UK, have a look at the EDF French electricity tariffs and you will realise that they are already having yo embrace behaviour change to benefit from reduced tariffs at certain times of day.


    Andy Betteridge 




    In particular have a look at this tariff:

    The Tarif Bleu with the Tempo option



    The Tempo option has more or less replaced the above EJP option. It is a quite complex system, as it works with 6 different tariffs - blue, white and red, each segmented into heures pleines (HP) and heures creuses (HC) - that are applied depending on the day of the year.




    Prices for the Tarif Bleu EDF with the Tempo option - January 2019
    Power

    Annual subscription (with tax)

    Price of the kWh (with tax)

    Blue - HC

    Blue - HP

    White - HC

    White - HP

    Red - HC

    Red HP

    9 kVA

    €147.96

    €0.1104

    €0.1329

    €0.1255

    €0.5558

    €0.1323

    €0.5413

    12 kVA

    €172.92

    15 kVA

    €183.60

    18 kVA

    €200.88

    30 kVA

    €286.68

    36 kVA

    €328.56



    Now start designing an electrical installation to reap the most benefit from that!


    Andy Betteridge 

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