Heat Pumps 20

Case Study

Air source solution for a Saxon manor house

Our latest case study from renewable solutions provider, isoenergy, features the air source retrofit of a Saxon Manor house which had previously been heated by gas.
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Product

Panasonic reveals air-to-water heat pump calculator

Panasonic Heating and Cooling Solutions has released an innovative online design tool with calculator to help quickly identify the most appropriate Aquarea air-to-water heat pump, calculate savings and CO2 emissions at the click of a button.
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Opinion

We’re better at Eurovision than decarbonising our homes

Doug Parr, Greenpeace UK’s policy director, is frustrated at the latest European Heat Pump Association data showing that Britain sells and installs fewer heat pumps per household than almost anywhere in Europe
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News

Cut-price heat pump training for installers from Panasonic

Panasonic has teamed up with Optimum Energy to create a huge opportunity for installers to upskill, part-funded by the government. With this fantastic offer you can book onto courses which normally cost £750 per person, for just £45 for dates throughout October.
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Interview

InstallerSHOW renewables focus for a great industry get together

This year’s InstallerSHOW will be the biggest event yet – offering installers more opportunities to meet with the industry’s leading manufacturers with over 150 will on hand this year – and installers will have lots of opportunities to get hands-on with all the latest products, as well as get installation and technical advice from the experts.
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News

Majority of homeowners will install heat pumps if financially supported

Heat pumps are a crucial part of the Government’s decarbonisation strategy but the poll of more than 2,000 homeowners across the UK found that, while a significant 8 in 10 are willing to replace gas boilers with low carbon solutions such as heat pumps, they will only do so with substantial financial support.
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Opinion

Installers need to seize opportunities of low carbon heating

One thing we can be certain of is that tomorrow’s heating sector will look different to the one we currently know. The goal of net zero has been set but the path we will follow to achieve these carbon targets is less certain as there are multiple routes available for us to take. Government legislation is being prepared to steer the heating industry into a new era, where traditional fossil fuel systems will need to make way for more sustainable solutions. It is therefore, the responsibility of manufacturers, such as Grant, to support and provide installers with viable low carbon heating products, which can effectively meet their customers’ requirements while also reducing emissions.
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Opinion

Heat pumps in the headlines again – but what is the truth?

These kinds of headlines grab the public’s attention and, even if fundamentally incorrect, still spread misinformation and concern amongst the general public about heat pumps, whose trust the heating industry needs to win over if we are to achieve our legally binding Net Zero targets by 2050.
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News

Heat pumps create sustainable development for locals

The development of two three-bedroom houses and four two-bedroom flats near Helston, Cornwall was granted permission based on the homes being made available to people who are local or who have strong connections to the parish area. The ethos of the build was to create homes for the local community that would be both affordable and sustainable and to ensure planning requirements were met, renewable heating systems were required.
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News

Heat pump and storage combination enhances CHP energy solution

The 15-year performance-based contract will see the implementation of a self-funding fully integrated energy solution, which includes conversion from the existing steam heating system to a Low Temperature Hot Water (LTHW) distribution infrastructure. This will be supplied by a modern, highly efficient, gas-fired combined heat and power unit, complete with a selective catalytic reduction system, LTHW boilers and solar photovoltaic arrays.
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News

Heat pump project key to city’s low carbon future

The 3MW water source heat pump will be the largest project of its kind in England and will take water from the nearby floating harbour and use it to generate heat and hot water for local businesses and residents.  
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Opinion

The business of heat pumps

The need to lower UK carbon emissions is immediate if we have any chance of meeting our net zero 2050 target.  Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP) are a well-established technology that offer significant carbon savings when compared to gas or oil central heating. ASHP’s are far more efficient than other electric heating systems, producing as much as four times more heat than the electricity they use. 
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Opinion

Will the recent IPCC report galvanise consumer action?

It is regarded as ‘a code red for humanity’ but the report also confirms that heavy reductions in global carbon emissions would limit climate change overall; with air quality improving rapidly and global temperatures taking between 20 to 30 years to stabilise – so not all hope is lost.
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Guide

Part 6: How to select the right air source heat pump and why?

Throughout this series of posts, Chris Higgs, managing director of Freedom Heat Pumps has considered everything from the look and sound of heat pumps to the efficiency and electrical loading in the hopes that it helps you, the installer, answer some of the questions that your customers may have. Here, in our sixth and final post of this series, Chris takes a look at the cost of heat pumps, and why accreditation, such as that from MCS, may be important for installer.
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News

Have your say on heat pump DNO notifications

As the heat pump market matures, a significant increase in heat pump deployment is anticipated, meaning that the demand on the network will also rise. It is vital that network operators have visibility of where heat pump units are connected, to effectively manage the low voltage network to maintain a secure supply.
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Case Study

GSHP solution for a Grade II listed building

In this study the featured property is a fifteenth century Grade II Listed medieval house, Cae’r March, in Snowdonia National Park, previously heated using oil fired central heating. With the remote location making deliveries challenging, the owner linked up with renewable solutions provider, isoenergy, to find a solution to enable them to move away from oil.
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Guide

Part 5: How to select the right air source heat pump and why?

Following on from part four of the series, where Chris Higgs took a closer look at refrigerant types for heat pumps, here, Chris considers what we mean by ‘split’ and ‘mono’ heat pumps, and how you can help your customer to decide which one is right for them.
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News

New solar pv grant scheme also encourages heat pump installations

With the solar Feed-in Tariff coming to an end over two years ago, social landlords have struggled to make the financial case for installing solar PV on their housing stock. Despite there being clear carbon reduction benefits from installing PV, the tenant is the beneficiary of the free electricity generated, leaving landlords two possible options to recoup their investment cost; metering and selling the electricity (which brings with it a raft of licensing issues) or adding charges to the rents (which falls foul of the social housing rent cap). Neither option is popular with tenants.
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News

Installers face job cancellations due to test and trace ‘pingdemic’

Whilst the survey was carried out by The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI), reports suggest that the disruption is widespread, affecting skilled tradespeople across many sectors and costing installers millions of pounds.
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