Energy Smart

It’s more important than ever for air conditioning to be as efficient as possible due to increasing energy costs. Our heat pump air conditioners are as energy smart as they are stylish, with room-specific controls providing weekly scheduling and presence sensors to reduce energy consumption when nobody is at home.

The UK Government has set a target that all new systems installed in UK homes must be low carbon or supporting new technologies by 2035. Behind transport, buildings are the second largest source of emissions in the UK. With this ever increasing focus on reducing our carbon footprint, and with the Government’s ‘Net Zero’ carbon target by 2050; new technologies will continue to emerge and offer greener options for homeowners and businesses to choose from.

 
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Heat Pumps

A heat pump is a relatively new technology in the UK although it’s widely used in Scandinavia and many parts of Europe where there is an abundance of renewably sourced electricity.

These pumps are available in two main types, Air & Ground. The UK is likely to dominate on air sourced heat pumps, but in both cases the pump takes natural heat from the surrounding air or ground and converts this natural heat into usable heating via a heat exchanger.

Heat pumps run at lower temperatures than gas boilers, and this has a number of implications when replacing a gas boiler for domestic use…

A cylinder is needed to store and further heat the water for hot water use. ASHP cylinders are more powerful than standard cylinders and tend to have dual elements to allow for the temperature rise needed to serve the hot water element in the household.

  • Radiators will need to be extended or replaced to ensure sufficient heating in the household (or underfloor heating will be needed to supplement or replace radiator capacity existing).

  • Electric boilers may be used in addition to ASHP to support hot water supply in domestic use and these are known as “Hybrid” solutions - these are further explained below.

  • A small number of manufacturers have, or are just about to release a second generation of ASHP, reducing the reliance on additional power for hot water/radiator upgrades.

The UK Government is taking a heat pump first approach to reducing Carbon emissions from heating; Pledging £60m to a heat pump innovation fund (90,000 total installations over 3 years vs 600,000 annual target).

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Air source heat pumps offer a choice of two systems: air to air or air to water, both offering significant savings compared with a conventional heating system.

The air source heat pumps convert the free and sustainable latent energy in the air into heat, delivering green, low-cost, energy-saving heating and hot water all year round.

Air source heat pumps are intended to be the sole source of heating and hot water for the home. Air to water heat pumps use the constant energy available in the air with a refrigerant circuit which allows the temperature to be boosted to a useful level for heating or hot water for the home. An air to air heat pump is an all-in-one heating and cooling system that is designed to provide year-round comfort. Get in touch with us today to discuss how we can help you transition to a more sustainable system. We are based in the Northampton, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes areas, but operate nationwide.