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Dimplex ground source heat pumps provides free cooling to Ramsgate library(21/06/2010)
The Ramsgate library, an elegant Georgian building, was almost completely destroyed by fire in 2004, shortly before its 100th anniversary and an ambitious plan was put together by Friends of Ramsgate Library working in conjunction with Ramsgate Council for a rebuild that preserved all the architectural integrity and used the latest materials. Planning permission was granted in 2006 and, following feasibility studies into low carbon heating opt... [more]
Heat pumps are growing in importance as energy efficient building design moves up the building services sector's agenda(10/02/2010)
Heat pumps use electricity to extract heat from the environment, usually from the ground or the air. More than three quarters of the energy produced by the heat pump is available free from a sustainable, renewable source. Unlike other sources of renewable energy like wind and solar, the heat in the ground or the air is always available for use. Although they are not carbon neutral (after all, they are powered by electricity), heat pumps typica... [more]
Econic designs and installs ground source heat pump and under floor heating systems at Laburnum House(27/01/2010)
Laburnum House near Ely in Cambridgeshire is designed to take full advantage of spectacular views of Ely Cathedral, fenland and River Great Ouse and respond to its environment, promoting sustainability and biodiversity. Econic were responsible for the design and installation of the ground source heat pump and under floor heating systems on the project. In addition to the ground source heat pump system the house features a number of other sust... [more]
Econic installs ground source heat pump system to provide cooling for SEGRO office buildings(25/01/2010)
Econic has recently completed work on a major renewable energy project at SEGRO’s Winnersh Triangle Phase 1 office development near Reading. The £100M scheme will see the construction of four office buildings, totalling 328,000 sq ft (35,790 sq m), a 168-bedroom hotel with leisure and conference facilities and 19,805 sq ft (1,840 sq m) of retail and restaurant space. Developers SEGRO want to make this one of the most sustainable office develo... [more]
Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust installs Dimplex ground source heat pumps(01/12/2009)
The Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust has installed Dimplex ground source heat pumps. When the Trust decided to invest £8.2 million in a new hospital unit, it needed to ensure that the building took into account the NHS' target to be zero carbon by 2018. The heating was required for Hellesdon Hospital’s new Psychiatric Intensive Care and Low Secure Units and the Trust consulted Econic, one of Dimplex’s heat pump installer part... [more]
The UK needs to move away from fossil fuel based heating to forms of electric heating like heat pumps(13/11/2009)
Heat pumps use electricity to extract heat from the environment, usually from the ground or the air around us. Over three quarters of the energy produced by the heat pump comes for free from a sustainable, renewable source. Unlike other sources of renewable energy like wind and solar, the heat in the ground or the air is always available for use. Professor David Mackay, the newly appointed Chief Scientific Officer for the Department of Energ... [more]
Integrate a solar thermal system with a ground source heat pump to complemente each other’s strengths(22/09/2009)
Solar thermal heating is most effective in the summer months and ground source heat pumps used for central heating work particularly well in winter. By integrating the two technologies, you can get a sum that is greater than the parts. Murray Treece, Managing Director of Econic, explains: Solar thermal systems offer simple but effective domestic water heating – particularly in the summer when the sun shines – and they are capable of raising th... [more]
50 percent of all renewable heating could be coming from heat pump systems by 2020(21/08/2009)
The Government has acknowledged that heat pumps will play an important role in achieving its ambitious renewable energy targets for 2020. In its latest Renewable Energy Strategy document the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has outlined a plan to have 15% of the UK’s total energy requirements met using renewable sources by 2020. Of this 15% almost a third is expected to come from renewable heating systems like heat pumps. This... [more]
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