What is the potential to combine multiple technologies such as photo-hydro with air source or ground sound heat pumps with heating water?
Very good. On-site electricity generation can be used to power [...]
What is the ambient/average room temperature achievable with a heat pump?
Same as gas boiler. Room temps are set by building [...]
What is the cost of fitting a new natural gas boiler compared to a heat pump?
Gas boiler c.£2500. ASHP c. £8,000. GSHP c. £20,000. Totally [...]
How do you deal with some households requiring more resources than others?
It’s the same philosophy as gas or water supply. Some [...]
As a customer, how would I know they’ve done a heat loss calculator or the installer has done a DNO?
You need to ask. Also heat loss calcs and Connect [...]
Where the new heating technology is shared across more than one house, how is the electricity supply paid for and can each residents, like now, chose their own supplier?
This depends on the install. If one heat pump per [...]
How quickly does it heat the water? With a combi you can have multiple showers and not worry about running out, is that an issue?
Hot water is priority for a heat pump. Usually a [...]
What are the financial implications of installing a heat pump through retrofitting over installation into a new build?
Cheaper to install in a new build as there is [...]
What is the size of a domestic heat pump system?
Depends on house size and heat demand. Anything from 3kW [...]
Where are they manufactured?
We have two heat pump manufacturers in Britain (domestic heat [...]