Opinion
Current affairs
By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association
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Product
A-Class of its own
Dimplex Renewables has launched A-Class ASHP.
Opinion
Bare necessities
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump expert Bob Long asks why a buffer cylinder/thermal store is essential in any system
News
Industry reacts to RHI expansion
Micropower Council chief executive Dave Sowden
Trade bodies and industry leaders have greeted the expansion of the non-domestic RHI to include new technologies and the increase of several tariffs with enthusiasm.
Opinion
Talking Tech – Heat pumps and DHW
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long focuses on cost effective methods of providing domestic hot water (DHW) from a heat pump
News
Worcester, Bosch Group opens new Northern training centre
Worcester, Bosch Group has opened a brand new training facility in Normanton, near Wakefield, to provide better support and an improved training experience for installer, specifier and merchant customers based in the North of England.
Opinion
Staying in control
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long continues last month’s theme of bivalent energy
News
Ed Davey opens pioneering water source heat pump project
L-R Jeffrey Adams, chief executive of (lead contractor) United House; Edward Davey MP; Mike Spenser-Morris, NHP; Donald Daw, commercial director, Mitsubishi Electric
Energy secretary Ed Davey has officially switched on a cutting edge heat pump system powering an eco-friendly housing development in London from the River Thames.
Product
Thermodynamic system created for UK market
A new thermodynamic hot water system that retrofits to existing hot water cylinders has been launched for the UK market.
Product
Kensa launch hybrid GSHP
Kensa Heat Pumps has created a new Hybrid ground source heat pump to add to its British-made product range.
Opinion
Current affairs
By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association
Opinion
Bivalent energy: How much, when and where
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long outlines the importance of accurate control in bivalent systems to avoid expensive fuel bills
News
Heat pump solutions from Dimplex
Chris Davis, business development director for Dimplex Renewables, considers a number of points installers should know about air source heat pumps to capitalise on a growing market for them in the wake of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) announcement
Product
Meet in the middle
Worcester, Bosch Group says it has underlined its commitment to the next generation of green heating and hot water technologies, with the launch of its Greenstar Plus Hybrid System.
News
Kensa bags second award win
Kensa Engineering’s Shoebox Heat Pump has scooped the title of ‘Product Innovation of the Year’ at the National Heat Pump Awards 2013.
News
Mitsubishi’s Ecodan gets thumbs up at 2013 Heat Pump Awards
L to R: Will Hawkins, website editor at Heat Pumps Today; Russell Dean, heating sales manager for Mitsubishi Electric; Neil Edmunds, owner of Climate and Power Ltd, and actor and Red Dwarf star, Robert Llewellyn.
Mitsubishi Electric’s Ecodan air source heat pump range has come out top in the ‘Commercial Air Source Installation of the Year’ category at the 2013 Heat Pump Awards.
Opinion
Winning combination
Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long continues his series of articles focussing on issues for installers working with this technology.
Product
ELFOPack by Clivet
The ELFOSystem Housing is based on the concept of an ‘all-in-one’ air source heat pump unit designed to cover the needs of heating, cooling, hot water, ventilation and heat recovery in multi-occupancy residential buildings.
News
Are you in control?
Controlling interest: Stuart Cooper, Solfex Energy Systems, discusses the importance of the correct selection and parameter set up on controls
Stuart Cooper, Solfex Energy Systems, reports on the importance of the correct selection and parameter set up of controls within solar thermal and heating systems, including the features and benefits of the Prozeda Primos, Grandis HK, Conexio 600 & Convisio controls and software
Opinion
Calling for back up
Bob Long, engineer at Eco Innovate and heat pump trouble shooter, continues his series of articles focusing on installation issues with this technology
Product
Greener heat
Gledhill says its new range of Torrent GreenHeat open vented thermal stores offers the opportunity to use the widest range of renewable energy sources to provide safe, cost effective and environmentally friendly domestic heating and hot water.
News
NIBE to host installer roadshows
To mark the launch of its new domestic heat pump package, NIBE is hosting a series of free events across the country for both experienced and novice heat pump installers.
Opinion
Good times ahead
Phil Hurley, managing director, NIBE, is looking forward to the year ahead for the heat pump market
Opinion
Breaking the ice
Bob Long is an engineer with heat pump specialists Eco Innovate. This is the first of a series of articles in which Bob discusses problems often encountered when installing this technology and ways to resolve them.