Why choose an air source heat pump?
- Heat pump design and technology is evolving rapidly, with new models being brought to market ideally suited to retrofit to traditional and more modern UK housing stock.
- High temperature models, the A Class from Dimplex and the Panasonic Aquarea HT provide a range of heat pumps that will fully replace an oil, LPG or propane fired boiler in a wide spectrum of properties sizes. These high temperature models produce water at 65 degrees C, directly from the heat pump, even at outdoor temperatures as low as -15 degrees C.
- Running costs with the Dimplex A Class range are slightly lower than for mains gas when using conventional radiator circuits. While those for the Panasonic Aquarea HT range are close to that for mains gas. These heat pumps bring the running cost benefits of mains gas to those not on the mains gas grid.
- Sophisticated heating, abundant hot water. Heat pumps employ weather compensated heating controls. Your property is heated to the desired temperature, using the minimum necessary flow temperature. An outdoor sensor measures the ambient air temperature, and automatically adjusts the heating flow temperature to suit. Accurate control, ensures the minimum necessary flow temperature is used, ensuring maximum system efficiency and low running costs. Heat pumps store hot water in a domestic hot water cylinder. Cylinder heat recovery times are short, ensuring an abundant supply is always to hand.
- High reliability and long life. Heat pumps use refrigeration technology to transfer heat energy in the air to a hot water circuit for heating and domestic hot water supply. We all make regular use of refrigeration technology, at home, in our cars and often at work. Refrigeration technology is a highly developed engineering sector, and equipment reliability and long life expectancy are a very important element of the equipment design. Expected heat pump life is in the range 15 to 20 years.
- The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS). The Government has devised a rigorous certification scheme for heat pump manufacturers and installers. The scheme ensures that the customer realises the full benefit from a heat pump installation. A heat pump is sized to provide all heating and domestic hot water requirements for the property, based on a detailed set of heat loss calculations for property taking into account the geographical location and height above sea level. The MCS ensures that appropriate installation standards are met, and the equipment properly commissioned.
- Government incentives the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). A heat pump system installed by an approved MCS contractor, and registered on the scheme, is eligible for the RHI. A payment of 7.3p per kWhr of 'renewable energy' is made quarterly over a 7 year period directly from Government to the householder, as from April 2014. The total amount paid varies with the size of property and the 'deemed' renewable energy consumed, but equates approximately to 70% of the cost of installation of the heat pump system*. In broad terms, a heat pump will 'pay for itself' in four to five years.
* Heat Pump system installation only, including a hot water cylinder, but excludes radiators or underfloor heating circuits.
- Heat pump design and technology is evolving rapidly, with new models being brought to market ideally suited to retrofit to traditional and more modern UK housing stock.
- High temperature models, the A Class from Dimplex and the Panasonic Aquarea HT provide a range of heat pumps that will fully replace an oil, LPG or propane fired boiler in a wide spectrum of properties sizes. These high temperature models produce water at 65 degrees C, directly from the heat pump, even at outdoor temperatures as low as -15 degrees C.
- Running costs with the Dimplex A Class range are slightly lower than for mains gas when using conventional radiator circuits. While those for the Panasonic Aquarea HT range are close to that for mains gas. These heat pumps bring the running cost benefits of mains gas to those not on the mains gas grid.
- Sophisticated heating, abundant hot water. Heat pumps employ weather compensated heating controls. Your property is heated to the desired temperature, using the minimum necessary flow temperature. An outdoor sensor measures the ambient air temperature, and automatically adjusts the heating flow temperature to suit. Accurate control, ensures the minimum necessary flow temperature is used, ensuring maximum system efficiency and low running costs. Heat pumps store hot water in a domestic hot water cylinder. Cylinder heat recovery times are short, ensuring an abundant supply is always to hand.
- High reliability and long life. Heat pumps use refrigeration technology to transfer heat energy in the air to a hot water circuit for heating and domestic hot water supply. We all make regular use of refrigeration technology, at home, in our cars and often at work. Refrigeration technology is a highly developed engineering sector, and equipment reliability and long life expectancy are a very important element of the equipment design. Expected heat pump life is in the range 15 to 20 years.
- The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS). The Government has devised a rigorous certification scheme for heat pump manufacturers and installers. The scheme ensures that the customer realises the full benefit from a heat pump installation. A heat pump is sized to provide all heating and domestic hot water requirements for the property, based on a detailed set of heat loss calculations for property taking into account the geographical location and height above sea level. The MCS ensures that appropriate installation standards are met, and the equipment properly commissioned.
- Government incentives the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). A heat pump system installed by an approved MCS contractor, and registered on the scheme, is eligible for the RHI. A payment of 7.3p per kWhr of 'renewable energy' is made quarterly over a 7 year period directly from Government to the householder, as from April 2014. The total amount paid varies with the size of property and the 'deemed' renewable energy consumed, but equates approximately to 70% of the cost of installation of the heat pump system*. In broad terms, a heat pump will 'pay for itself' in four to five years.
* Heat Pump system installation only, including a hot water cylinder, but excludes radiators or underfloor heating circuits.