Heat Pump
Innovative new heat pump matches new-build hot water require
1 December 2015 Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new 4kW Ecodan air source heat pump designed specifically to tackle the needs of new-build homes, with a system that matches the hot water requiremen...
Heat Pump Association 'welcomes RHI comittment'
30 November 2015 Heat Pump Association has welcomed the news that the government remains committed to RHI funding Following Wednesday’s comprehensive spending review, the Heat Pump Associ...
Rinnai Releases Eco One Double Hybrid Water & Space Heating
On October 21, Rinnai began releasing the third generation Eco One double hybrid water and space heating system. To evolve the lineup of the third generation Eco One hybrid water and space heating sys...
Sales of Heat Pump Water Heaters Recovered in August
Sales of heat pump water heaters came to 96,300 units in August, indicating 13.9% year-on-year growth. Cumulative sales volume came to 678,000 units in the period from January to August, 2015, showing...
Successful European Heat Pump Summit 2015
After two days packed with first-class presentations and high-quality up-to-date information events, the European Heat Pump Summit - powered by Chillventa - came to a successful close in the Nuremberg...
Heat Pumps Popular in Germany
One in three of all new houses built in Germany in the last two years have used heat pumps for space heating. The growth has been rapid - from only one in eight in 2007. The trend to heat pumps will be given a further boost by the revised energy regulations (EnEV) which come into force in 2016, imposing penalties on any direct gas-fired systems such as the compulsory use of solar collectors, heat ...
Hope for GSHP
Geothermal specialist Sofath (France) is confident that the market for ground-source heat pumps will recover in the near future in spite of falling sales over the last few years. The merit of such systems in having the highest possible seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) will help to drive the market in spite of its higher first cost. Sofath is a leader in France selling over 900 units in 2014...
New ACR Test Center in Germany
The ait-group, which includes alphainnotec (heat pumps), Novelan (geothermal heat pumps), and KKT (chillers), have recently opened a new test center in Kasendorf, Germany. The 1,600 m2 two-story center, which cost 4 million Euro(US$ 4.35 million) to build and equip, has 32 test rigs, six climate controlled calorimeter rooms, and two acoustic test chambers which are acoustically decoupled from the ...
Heat Pumps in 2030
Speculating on the status of heat pumps in the relatively distant future is probably less prone to error than forecasting for the immediate short term. For example the impact of low oil prices is currently influencing buyers to choose the traditional boiler option - more especially for existing dwellings. The French trade association, Association francaise pour les pompes a chaleur (Afpac), set up...
MSPs visit Star’s Glasgow premises
23 November 2015 Labour MSPs Sarah Boyack and Ken MacIntosh visited Star Renewable Energy’s premises in Glasgow on 20 November, following the shipping of its innovative Neatpump, from Glasgow to E.ON’...
