Heat Pump: Is it right for me?
There are many reasons why you might want a heat pump, here are three of the most important:
- You want to save a significant amount of money on the cost of heating your home;
- You want your home to be continually warm and cosy;
- You feel as though you want to do “your bit” for the environment by reducing the carbon footprint of your heating system.
Heat pumps offer significant advantages for most homes in the UK. However you need to make a clear case to justify to yourself that investing the extra capital cost needed for a Ground Source Heat Pump is a good investment.
One which will give you long term benefits both financially and in the extra comfort your home will gain by having a heat pump installed.
Save up to 70% of the cost of your heating?
It sounds too good to be true – saving up to 70% of your heating costs! How is this achieved? Ground source heat pumps collect stored solar energy from your garden, the heat pump uses this “free” energy to heat your home.
There is a cost to collecting the energy and that is the electricity to run the circulating pumps, compressor and control systems of the heat pump.
Please note the up to 70% figure is when competing against an Oil or LPG heating system, savings against mains gas will be less.
A home that’s continuously warm and cosy
The philosophy of how a heat pump works means that it warms up the fabric of the building and then merely tops-up the “steady state heat loss”.
The heat pump has 7 different sensors, monitoring, ground loop temperatures, heating system temperatures and crucially both internal and external air temperatures.
By knowing when the outside air temperature is dropping it can calculate the amount of heat the building will shortly require and start supplying the heat prior to a drop in temperatures inside the building.
This means that your home will be constantly warm, comfortable and cosy.
Doing “Your Bit” for the environment
Heat Pumps offer considerable advantages for the environment over old fashioned fossil fuel heating systems. When compared with an oil boiler for example a heat pump will reduce the carbon footprint of your homes heating system by over 50%.
Additionally if you sign up to one of the green tariffs which guarantee the production of renewable energy you could argue that your heating system produces zero carbon and is making a real contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gasses.
MCS accreditation
Ice Energy is also accredited under MCS, opening the door to gain Government grants for some heat pumps.
Quality Service
Our determination to give customers a quality service has made Ice Energy the industry’s clear market leader, selling more Ground Source Heat Pumps than any other UK company. We are certified under ISO9001 quality management and ISO14001 environmental management giving you confidence in the quality of our services.
When buying a heat pump from Ice Energy, we also provide a free training course for your plumber if he is unfamiliar with the technology. The only thing left to do now is request more information in the form of an estimate or brochure.
Ice Energy's Accreditation
IVT Heat Pump Accreditation
