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Triton Showers’ new ENlight® with HeatRepeat®, is its first electric shower designed to connect to Waste Water Heat Recovery Systems. Its launch coincides with the impending arrival of the Future Homes Standard (FHS) 2025.
By capturing otherwise unused energy from the shower wastewater to preheat incoming cold water to the electric shower, ENlight® with HeatRepeat® can reduce annual energy consumption by up to 51%, slash water usage by 44% and lower carbon emissions by 37%, when compared to a mixer shower connected to a WWHRS.
The HeatRepeat® technology inside the thermostatic electric shower modulates power based on the incoming water temperature, supplied by the WWHRS. This represents a major advancement in sustainable showering, helping housebuilders to comply with critical compliance metrics such as Target Emission Rate (TER) and Target Primary Energy Rate (TPER).
With an average flow rate of just below 5 l/min, ENlight® with HeatRepeat® delivers an enhanced shower experience all year-round when connected to a WWHRS. This is especially beneficial in water-stressed areas, where developments must limit water use to below 110 litres per person per day.
Paul Ravnbo-West, market development manager at Triton Showers, said: “As building fabric is tightened through the Future Homes Standard and beyond, it’s very likely that hot water will become the dominant energy load, particularly in highly efficient, low-heat-loss homes.”
“ENlight® with HeatRepeat® reinforces Triton’s commitment to ensuring that our products improve water and energy efficiency in future homes – creating more sustainable and affordable places to live.”
ENlight’s® sleek design includes a modern OLED display showing both shower temperature and, at the end of the shower, duration, as well as a timer to encourage shorter showers. It also features a logo that activates as the incoming water temperature rises, leaving users safe in the knowledge that the WWHRS is operating. When ENlight® with HeatRepeat® is connected to a WWHRS, the operational carbon emission savings, compared to a mixer shower, can negate its own embodied carbon footprint, including that of the WWHRS, in as little as three months.
In a recent poll of over 4,000 adults, 42% said they have reduced their showers to five minutes to help save the planet and lower household bills.
As part of the manufacturer’s aim to actively communicate the environmental impact of its products, the shower will have its own ‘environmental passport’ in the form of an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). This provides full transparency by quantifying environmental information about the product’s lifecycle.
