Heat Pump
Heat Pumps Move to Ireland
Ireland has become the country of choice for two leading heat pump manufacturers - Stiebel Eltron and Danfoss. The Stiebel Eltron range of heat pumps and solar/electric domestic water heaters will be represented by Modern Plant (Dublin). Danfoss has appointed Ashgrove Energy (Dublin) who will be taking over sales and technical support in the United Kingdom and Danfoss Heat Pumps UK is closi...
New Slant on Earth-source Systems
A means of recovering geothermal energy using air as the heat transport medium is being tried out at a school building in Hounslow (the United Kingdom). This was a cooperative project by consulting engineers WSP, BSRIA and a plastics pipe manufacturer Polypipe. This is not a heat pump system and relies entirely on recovering heat by conduction from the earth to heat (or cool) the fresh air ...
Rivers as a Source for Heat Pumps in UK
Aimed at providing guidance in planning heat pump-based district networks in the United Kingdom, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published an overview map highlighting towns and districts where rivers could offer enough source energy for projects of 1 MW and over. The idea is not new to the United Kingdom - a 2.3 MW system opened recently near London where a buil...
European HP Market and Statistics Report 2014
The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has published its ‘European Heat Pump Market and Statistics Report 2014’. The market data covers 21 countries highlighting the trends for heat pump tec...
EHPA Contributing to Sustainable Energy with Heat Pumps
-- Interview with Thomas Nowak, Secretary General, EHPA The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) is an authoritative institution representing the European heat pump industry. JARN interviewed ...
AHRI Releases July 2014 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment S
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for July 2014 increased 7.5 percent, to 318,733 units, up from 296,623 units shipped in July 2013. Residential...
NAPIT and Kensa launch ground source heat pump roadshows
8 September 2014 NAPIT (the National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers) is working with specialist ground source heat pump manufacturer Kensa to help dispel the myths surrounding ground source heat pumps through a series of roadshows. From September to March the free informative seminars led by Kensa will visit 18 locations nationwide. They are also supported by The Department of...
Kensa addresses fuel poverty at NHF annual conference
8 September 2014 Kensa Heat Pumps is hosting an exclusive workshop at this year’s National Housing Federation Annual Conference at the ICC in Birmingham from 17-19 September. The workshop aims ...
NAPIT and Kensa launch ground source heat pump roadshows
8 September 2014 NAPIT (the National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers) is working with specialist ground source heat pump manufacturer Kensa to help dispel the myths surrounding ground source heat pumps through a series of roadshows. From September to March the free informative seminars led by Kensa will visit 18 locations nationwide. They are also supported by The Department of...
Heat pumps are first choice in 32,2% of new residential buil
Sep. 08, 2014 According to the German Federal Bureau of Statistics, the share of heat pumps used as primary heating device for newly constructed residential buildings was 32, 2% in 2013 ? a gain of 2%...
