It sounds almost too good to be true: cutting your fuel bills and your carbon footprint – yet with the simple installation of an air source heat pump you really could achieve both.
Air source heat pumps work by collecting the inexhaustible and free supply of outdoor air and converting it into either heat or hot water for the home. As almost 25% of the UK’s carbon emissions are produced from domestic heating systems the new air source heat pumps are very good news indeed.
Heating Water or the Home
Air source heat pumps are available as two different systems:
Air to Water Heat Pumps: Air to water heat pumps collect and absorb outside energy which is transferred to a unit to provide a home with hot water. The pump has an external collector that’s fitted outside, a heating or hot water distribution unit, a heating delivery system and a hot water store. This type of air pump is great for large radiators or under floor heating.
Air to Air Heat Pumps: Air to air pumps work in the same way as the air to water pumps but they covert the outside air into heat which is distributed around the home. The distribution units are small making this a perfect heating system for flats or small houses.
Better for Your Pocket, Better for the Environment
Air source heat pumps are designed to produce heat and hot water from the never ending supply of air and they do so without producing carbon emissions.
If you have the outside space to accommodate an air source heat pump’s external collector this form of heating is a truly sustainable and greener method of heating homes and water.
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