Skip to content

Ground Source Heat Pumps

The need for energy to warm our houses or water keeps increasing every day, and this places a significant demand on the supply of electricity and increases the need for the fossil fuels. To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and cut down on the use of electricity for heating homes and water, different types of heat pumps were designed as an alternative energy source to get the needed heat.

What Are Ground Source Heat Pumps?

Ground source heat pumps convert the heat from the ground into energy for heating the home and water. The temperature of the soil at one meter below the surface is the heat source that these heat pumps use.

How Do Ground Source Heat Pumps Work?

Ground source heat pumps circulate water and antifreeze through a ground loop that is buried or a bespoke borehole. The heat in the ground is extracted through the fluid and pumped via a heat exchanger in the heat pump. The absorbed heat goes into the heat pump compressor where it becomes concentrated into a higher temperature hot enough to heat the water for heating the home and hot water circuits of the house.

Are heat pumps worth the investment?

Providing it’s designed and installed correctly (check your installer is MCS-certified), a ground or air source heat pump can be an effective eco heating system that’s both cheap to run and that’s good for the environment. Modern heat pumps can last as long as 25 years, and if they’re MCS-approved, you could be eligible for receiving payment from the government via the Renewable Heat Incentive. This could see a large proportion of the initial cost returned to you over a period of 7 years.

Installation

The ground source heat pumps require a small portion of the ground to be dug for the installation of a ground loop. Meanwhile, the home on which ground source heat pump will be installed should be adequately insulated and draughtproofed for efficiency because the unit produces heat at a lower rate than the traditional boilers.

Benefits of Heat Pumps: Ground Source Heat Pumps

  1. Cost Saving, Heat pumps have helped to reduce energy bills by 40% due to the reduction in the electricity used for heating the home and water.
  1. Reduction in Carbon Footprint, There has been a significant reduction in the volume of Fossil fuels consumed to heat homes.
  1. 300% Efficiency, Air source heat pumps are 300% efficient, in that, they generate 3kWh of energy for every 1kWh used.
  1. Environmentally Friendly, Heat pumps produce renewable energy that is eco-friendly and harmless to the human health and the atmosphere.
  1. Best Heating Solution, They can provide space heating and hot water.

Ready for a Quote?

Call us on 0333 123 0909 or fill out the form below, and one of our advisors will be happy to help find the solution best for you!