Ireland's Plumbing & Heating Magazine Issue 106 Mar-Apr

HEAT PUMPS AND UNDERFLOOR HEATING

HEATPUMPS

RICHARD BISHOP, HEAD OF MARKETING FOR UK AND IRELAND FOR PANASONIC, PUTS FORWARD THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE THAT

HEAT PUMPS CAN PLAY TO HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND LOWERING COSTS… Heat pumps are our lowcarbon future

D ecarbonisation is high on the agenda for current housing developments to lower carbon emissions from homes, with the average eco-home capable of cutting energy bills by 30%. Now is the time to act and start changing the way we heat and cool our homes. Air source heat pumps currently on the market are very reliable, are quiet in operation and highly energy efficient when compared to oil-fired boilers or electric heaters and can be play a large part in lowering carbon emissions. Further efficiencies can be achieved when linked to smart controllers to produce significant savings for heating and domestic hot water (DHW) provision. Manufacturers are currently increasing their offering of sustainable energy solutions designed for residential applications. An example is the Panasonic Aquarea air-to-water heat pump range, which has one of the widest ranges on the market, with options to suit most sizes of property and output requirements. These heat pumps, together with smart remote control such as the Smart Cloud and Service Cloud, monitoring, fault diagnosis and fault rectification technology provide

“Air-to-water heat pumps are the future for the housing sector.”

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