With the ever increasing pressure by the Government, financial and ethical institutions, reducing carbon footprints are the must and not the option. Although this seems a new way of thinking, is it?  As forward thinking people operating in the private and public sector, we all have the day to day responsibility to reduce costs and increase production.

Energy efficiency is just another cost reducing exercise.  Obviously the object of the exercise is to reduce power and raw materials input, which we already do, but how do we reduce this input further?

What can we do that will avoid disruption and increase energy efficiency?

One of the keys to efficiency, is simplicity. 

Expert Designers and specifiers can offer installation and control packages which interface together to produce an active plan that is easy to implement, and of course, simple for the user to operate.

All we are doing is replacing a fossil fuel or electric heating element with a fridge. 

How does it work?
We know how the fridge works, it gets cold on inside and hot on the outside; a geothermal heat pump works in the same way. 

• The gasses in the unit compress and heat up, and this energy is then transferred into your heating system.
• From this you can heat your house and your domestic hot water.
• Ground water is passed through the unit.
• Low grade energy is extracted and condensed replacing the energy lost within the hot water and heating system.  
• Once the water has passed through the unit, it is cooler.
• It is then returned to the water table via rain water soakaways, reed beds or by other means.

In effect, we are just borrowing the water, and utilising this natural energy for heat.

The source for your geothermal heat pump can be a water producing borehole, spring, open river or other industrial process.  The only calculations needed are:

1. The temperature of the source water
2. The quantity needed
3. and of course, the cost

What is required?
The basic rule of thumb for an open loop heat pump installation is:
1½ litres of water per minute for each KW of heat needed from a water producing borehole at between 10 and 12˚C, or 3-5 litres of water per minute from an open water way will fall to between 0-3˚C due to ambient exposure.

There are many benefits to installing a thermal-earth heat pump:

1. Environmentally friendly
2. Savings of up to 76% on normal heating costs
3. No gasses or emissions
4. Maximum comfort and control

Our whole philosophy is, above all: simplicity, ease of control and efficiency. 

Water source heat pumps work extremely well in the domestic and commercial market, with installations across the board helping reduce carbon usage and giving heat that won’t cost the earth.

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