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Heat Pumps
In the context of ever rising energy costs and climate change, every household is in need of a heating technology that is future-proof, cost-effective and independent of fossil fuels.
Using nature’s energy Heat pumps make a significant contribution towards solving the problems associated with increasingly scarce and ever more expensive energy resources – supplying more energy than they consume by tapping into the freely available, inexhaustible solar energy stored in the earth, or the ambient air and converting this for use in a heating system.
In fact up to 75% of the energy needed by the heating system is extracted from the environment, so the only energy required is electricity needed to drive the heat pump compressor. Put another way, for every 1kWh of electricity used to run the heat pump, up to 4kWh of useful heat is provided, giving the heat pump an efficiency of up to 400%.
 Planning for the future
Currently we all have the freedom to choose whether or not to voluntarily install greener technologies to reduce our homes or businesses carbon footprint. Some experts predict that greener technologies will be compulsory through legislation in the near future as has
the recycling of our rubbish. The sooner you switch the sooner you can start to save money, and the planet.
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A low carbon heating solution
Whenever fossil fuels such as gas or oil are burnt, carbon dioxide is released. CO2 is the principle contributor to the greenhouse effect which is leading to long term climate change.
However, as heat pumps extract as much as 75% of their heating energy from the environment, building carbon emissions for heating can be reduced by as much as 50% compared with gas fuelled heating systems. This is an obvious benefit when considering building regulations Part L compliance, planning obligations requiring minimum contributions from renewable energy and EcoHome/Code for Sustainable Homes ratings.
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