Over the weekend, we set up the ISE drying cabinet in the front room at my house (the only place we could think of to put it!):

My initial impression of this unit wasn't very good: only the door is double-walled; the sides are only single, resulting in some heat transfer into the room during use. The instructions tell you to level up the unit with some slightly awkward adjustable feet, but no matter which permutation I tried, I couldn't get it completely square, with the result that the door sticks slightly on closing (a bit like building a flat-pack wardrobe, if you've had that experience).

In use the unit is effective - drying times seem to range from 40 mins to 3 hours depending on the load. We haven't got as far as putting the energy monitor on it yet, though it is rated at 2kW which doesn't bode well.

The people in my house have been using the drying cabinet exclusively for the past two days, and seem to have forgotten about the washing line in the garden. Although there is of course an element of "novelty factor" here, nevertheless this is an example of people using eco-features to improve their comfort/convenience, instead of minimising environmental impact. Could energy use of clothes-drying at the eco-house put a significant dent in the energy savings from other areas?

I'm glad we set it up though because two issues have come to light:

1. Height consideration (for both getting it into the basement laundry room, and allowance for ducting when in situ)

2. A non-trivial amount of condensate drips from the extract duct in operation, so we really need to ensure this is drained outside