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News

Kensa completes 2014 installer roadshow

Kensa Heat Pumps has wrapped its installer roadshow for 2014 which saw it engage with over 250 MCS and Oftec installers at 18 locations.
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News

Panasonic welcomes social house RHI change

Panasonic has welcomed the latest changes to the domestic RHI scheme that come into effect in spring 2015 which benefit those in the social housing sector.
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Opinion

Getting into hot water

Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd Heat pump specialist Bob Long revisits the topic of domestic hot water production from heat pump systems and the potential for high energy costs
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News

Installers must capitalise on winter, says Navitron

Navitron is calling for installers to push the benefits of ASHPs in time for homeowners to reap the benefits this winter. Stephen Knight, commercial director for Navitron, believes that this time of year is best for installing ASHPs.
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Opinion

Plummer or IT guru?

Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd Heat pump expert Bob Long tackles unnecessary complexity in heat pumps and the systems in which they operate
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News

Kingspan appoints new sales director

Kingspan Environmental has announced the appointment of Neil Overton as trade sales director for Great Britain.
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News

OFTEC launch renewable registration service

Adrian Lightwood, OFTEC registration director OFTEC has introduced new classes of registration for solar thermal systems and heat pumps, with plans to extend this further to cover biomass next year.
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Product

NIBE expands buffer vessel range

NIBE has introduced two new, increased-capacity buffer vessels to its high-performance UKV range – specifically designed for use in large-scale commercial applications.
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News

Kensa to address fuel poverty with the NHF

Chris Davis, Commercial Director for Kensa Kensa Heat Pumps will be hosting a Workshop at this year’s National Housing Federation Annual Conference at the ICC in Birmingham (17– 19 September), aimed at addressing fuel poverty in social housing with renewable technology.
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Opinion

Ground source, or air source? How do I choose?

Heat pump specialist Bob Long considers what scenarios are best for ground source and air source heat pumps This is probably the question I am asked the most frequently and, indeed, the most difficult to answer because there are many factors to consider, and some not always obvious.
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Opinion

Two minutes with… Kensa

Q: Who are you? Simon Lomax, managing director of the Kensa Group and chairman of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association.
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Opinion

Q&A – Solfex

Q: What have you got planned for the rest of 2014? We intend to grow our online sales activities for most of our product groups, and with the launch of our new photovoltaic kit builder this month, customers will be able to design a PV system in six simple clicks of a button, the inverter size and mountings will automatically be matched according to the installation requirements and then the system can be ordered on the customer’s account for next day delivery.
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Product

Vaillant adds to aroTHERM range

Vaillant has unveiled two new additions to its range of aroTHERM domestic air to water heat pumps.
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News

Mitsubishi Electric welcomes DECC heat pump map

Edward Davey MP (Centre) is shown how the Kingston apartments get their heating from the Thames by Mike Spenser-Morris, managing director of NHP Leisure Developments (left) and Donald Daw from Mitsubishi Electric (right) Mitsubishi Electric has welcomed the publication by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) of a national water source heat map, which highlights the significant opportunities that exist for open water heat pump installations across the country.
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