Heat Pumps 28

Opinion

Talking tech

Heat pump specialist Bob Long looks at ways to boost the uptake of heat pumps via improvements to economic performance

News

Win an Ecodan mug

Mitsubishi Electric is offering anyone the chance to win a special Ecodan thermal mug by Tweeting their own picture of an A++ to celebrate the ...

Opinion

Pollard’s Patter

As I write this column the Plumb Center ErP Roadshow is coming to an end. It has been challenging in terms of logistics, at 40 locations ...

Opinion

Economic options for domestic hot water

Heat pump specialist Bob Long turns his attention to the economic potential of solar assisted heat pumps, also known as thermodynamic systems.

News

Are you ErP ready?

The Energy-related Products Directive (ErP) and the Energy Labelling Directive both come into force across Europe in only a month’s time – 26 September – DECC ...

Opinion

Summer maintenance

Summer may not be a time when we want to remember cold winter weather, but it’s certainly the best season to service heating systems, ...

Opinion

Poor economics limit market growth

Heat pump specialist Bob Long calls for more efficient models of the technology to take on low cost natural gas.

Opinion

Pollard’s patter

I am currently immersed in the Energy Related Products (ErP) directive. You may know that from 26 September it becomes mandatory for most heating devices to ...

News

NIBE publish exhaust air heat pump factsheet

Phil Hurley, managing director at NIBE NIBE has published a guide explaining the European Commission’s decision in 2013 to classify exhaust air heat pumps as ...

News

CSA to host free RHI heat pump workshop

Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor The Carbon Savings Alliance (CSA) will be hosting a one-off technical workshop on RHI funded heat pump solutions ...

News

Daikin UK publishes energy labelling white paper

Ahead of EU legislative changes in September, Daikin UK has published its white paper ‘New Ecodesign Rules and Energy Labelling for Space and Water Heaters’, ...

Opinion

Talking tech

As often happens with my monthly article, the content is decided by yet another real-life event, from the heat pump world. We received a call ...

News

Energy-related Product Labelling

Kelly Butler, marketing director at BEAMA, reminds readers of the legal implications of this year’s ErP introduction

News

DECC unveils national water heat map

A new online tool has been launched for communities identifying the potential for extracting heat from Britain’s rivers, estuaries, canals and coastal areas.

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500 homes receive free heat pumps from Kensa

L-R Simon Lomax (MD), Lord Taylor (chairman) and Chris Davis (commercial director) 500 homes across the UK are to become the first recipients of Kensa’s ...