Renewable energy, the air to air heat pump, a local installation review

Savings in running costs, using latent heat from the outside atmosphere,have made the air to air heat pump a top choice for heating homes and businesses.

Tewkesbury heating company, County Boilers, specialists in heat pump technology, have just completed another local installation for Greg and Celia Wigg, using a top spec system from manufacturers, Daikin.

Air at any temperature above absolute zero contains some energy. An air source heat pump transfers some of this energy as heat from one place to another, for example between the outside and inside of a building. This can provide space heating and hot water. A single system can be designed to transfer heat in either direction, to heat or cool the interior of the building in winter and summer respectively.

The technology is similar to a refrigerator or freezer or air conditioning unit: the different effect is due to the physical location of the different system components. Just as the pipes on the back of a refrigerator become warm as the interior cools, so the air source heat pump warms the inside of a building whilst cooling the outside air. they can heat the whole house. Reliance on other sources of heating have now gone. Richard Lockwood of County Boilers brought in several installers to provide an impressive installation with the minimum of disruption, in a very short time.”

Air source heat pumps can provide fairly low cost space heating. A high efficiency heat pump can provide up to four times as much heat as an electric resistance heater using the same amount of electricity.

To find out more about this increasingly popular environmentally

Greg Wigg said “We are very impressed, this system provides lots of low cost warmth, our house has five air handler units, each in its own room, where friendly method of home heating, County Boilers can tell you more, call 01684 293556.

Government grants are currently available on many installations.