As a renewable energy source for any home, with numerous benefits, heat pumps should be considered at the earliest design stage. Incorporating renewable heating and cooling into your project is likely to significantly reduce annual energy consumption and operating costs as well as being a very positive step towards cleaner energy compared to that generated by oil or gas.
What is geothermal energy?
What is geothermal energy?
Ground and air source heat pumps operate on a simple principal: they move energy from ground or ambient air to water in your heating system via a refrigeration process. The energy stored in the ground or air is simply extracted and can be used for heating, hot water and cooling. In this way, nature provides us with perfect indoor comfort highly economically.
The basic principle is as simple as it is brilliant: take the free energy that exists in the air or ground and convert it into heating for your home.
Advantages
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Warm in the winter
The heat pump concentrates low-grade heat from underground or from the air and raises its temperature. The heat is then transferred to the energy distribution system inside the home – usually radiators, hydronic floor heating or fan coils.
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Cool in the summer
In the summer, the process can be simply reversed. The heat pump collects heat from the house and deposits it into the ground borehole, providing cooling. One system doing two jobs removes the need for separate air conditioning.