Heat Pumps
Heat pumps are not a new technology, but in the UK only account for a small percentage of heating systems.
In Scandinavia and some other areas of Western Europe, heat pumps current account for the majority of installations.
Rather than burning fossil fuels to directly heat water, where the efficiencies are approaching 100% in modern installations, heat pumps "move" energy that already exists and condition it to be suitable for use within either heating or hot water systems.
Heat pumps are generally around 250% to 450% efficient depending on how they collect energy and the specific application.
Air sourced heat pumps
Air sourced heat pumps are rapidly gaining popularity as an alternative to oil boilers where mains gas is not an option.
Large volumes of air are passed across a heat exchanger, where the energy is collected. A refrigeration system, similar to both refrigerators and air conditioning systems, then concentrates this energy to supply warm water to the heating or hot water system.
Careful consideration has to made to the application of an air sourced heat pump in terms of property suitability and the type of emitter being used.
Due to a desire to keep the flow temperatures as low as possible, it is best practise (but not exclusive) to use underfloor heating in conjunction with all heat pumps.
Ground or water sourced heat pumps
As the name suggests, ground or water sourced heat pumps use the ground to collect the energy for the heating system.
The selection between different options depends on availability of sufficient ground or access to large water volumes such as a lake near the property.
Where ground available is limited it is possible to drill vertical boreholes for the collection system, but this does require the use of specialist equipment.
Once the energy is collected, the remaining system is almost identical between all heat pump systems.
Contact us
Renewable Revolution
Petrockstowe
Devon
EX20 3PQ
Tel: 01837 810174
or 07977 504958
Alternatively please use our contact form.
What's new
NEWS
19 January 2012. We are extremely please that we have sucessfully passed our MCS accreditation in air and ground source heat pumps, keep a look out on the navigation buttons
for a new MCS page explaining the importance of MCS for both us and our customers.
15 January 2012. We are pleased to have our application to join the REAL assurance scheme approved and following our MCS inspection hope to be able to announce our approval for this scheme in the next few days.
15 July 2011. We are please to announce that we have been approved as a Mitsubishi Ecodan approved installer and look forward to offering this as an option to our customers.
16 June 2011. Case studies now added to website.
10 March 2011. The government confirm that the highly anticipated RHI will be going ahead, please see link.
10 March 2011. We are please to announce that we are now approved resellers and installers for the excellent range of Danfoss air and ground source heat pumps.
24 November 2010. Following extensive training at AGA / Rayburn in Telford we are please to announce we are now able to offer servicing, installation and commisionimng to AGA / Rayburn and all similar cookers and stoves.
02 November 2010. We are now able to provide BPEC training in underflloor heating and heat pumps.
22 October 2010. Now listed as a Grant Oil boiler installer.
21 Semptember. We are pleased to be working with Eco Energies UK and as such can offer MCS aproved products and installations
7 Worcester Bosch Combi heat pumps installed in Cornwall in association with Eco Energies Uk Ltd
Help us!
Following our recent investment in AGA training, we are now happy to provide this service, if there are any services you struggle to obtain, please let us know and we will look into the possibility of offering them in the future.
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