Whether you’re a homeowner, self builder, developer, landlord, or business, find the perfect ground source heat pump for your project with Kensa's heat pump solutions.
Kensa's design & support services coupled with a comprehensive range of ground source heat pumps ensure homeowners enjoy significant energy efficiency, bill savings & government funding.
Kensa’s ground source heat pumps bring social housing communities together to help eradicate fuel poverty & reduce heating bills. Using cost-effective Shared Ground Loop Arrays, housing associations can reduce carbon emissions on a huge scale.
Swimming pools, hot tubs, boat sheds, boats, water parks: you name it, we've fitted it! Ground source heat pumps offer an energy-efficient solution to heating & cooling water sources, as well as using water sources to heat & cool buildings.
The efficient Evo series features 7kW, 9kW, 13kW & 15kW single phase models, & a 15kW three phase model. The elegant, simple-to-install, & ErP A+++ rated Evo series offers a 15% gain in efficiency & low noise outputs, perfect for medium to large homes.
Small but packing a punch, the award-winning Kensa Shoebox series produces temperatures up to 65°C. It features the quietest & smallest ground source heat pump on the market, offering an efficient, practical & affordable heating & hot water solution.
The Commercial range comprises of modular three phase models to provide tailored outputs for high heating & cooling demands, providing greater flexibility & compatibility with Building Management Systems
Kensa is unique - in addition to manufacturing heat pumps, we also help you to design & install your system. Find your ground source heat pump installation solution using Kensa-approved installers, our consultancy service, or Kensa Contracting’s services.
Kensa works as a partner with installers to deliver exceptionally well-designed systems which out-perform the market. We pride ourselves on the quality of our technical support, whether via training, on-site, remotely or online.
Looking for a verified heat pump installer? Kensa has a nationwide network of trusty installers to help you with your project. Simply submit your plans & Kensa will recommend the right installer for you.
Kensa Contracting, sister company to Kensa Heat Pumps, are the UK’s specialist delivery partner for large-scale ground source heat pump programmes. Find out more about Kensa Contracting.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a government-proposed scheme to deliver grants of up to £6,000 towards heat pump installations in UK households. The scheme, which was known as the Clean Heat Grant, is intended to replace the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) from April 2022 to March 2025.
Self-builders, property renovators & those looking simply to upgrade their heating system can receive a 7-year guaranteed income through the Government's Domestic RHI for their ground source heat pump installation.
The ECO supports retrofit efficiency works in the domestic sector with an upfront grant, with a particular focus on vulnerable consumer groups & hard-to-treat homes.
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme is a fund dedicated to heat decarbonisation & capital energy efficiency projects in non-domestic public sector buildings across England.
Through this scheme, an investor funds the network – known as Shared Ground Loop Arrays – to cover the most expensive aspect of the project. In return, the investor receives the RHI and can charge connection fees if they wish.
The Government has demonstrated its commitment to decarbonising heat and buildings through policy and billions of pounds of funding. It has also recognised that highly efficient, low carbon heat pumps have a vital role to play in creating a cleaner, greener future for the UK.
A number of initiatives currently exist to incentivise the adoption of ground source heat pumps. Have a look at the heat pump funding and grants that could support your project.
Opening in April 2022, the £450m Government Boiler Upgrade Scheme (formerly known as the Clean Heat Grant), will offer households capital grants to replace fossil fuel heating systems with more efficient heat pumps that do not emit carbon when used.
Homes retrofitting ground source heat pumps will receive £6,000 when the system is commissioned, compared to £5,000 for air source heat pumps or biomass.
As this is a domestic scheme, there is a 45kW heat pump size limit per property. Social landlords and newbuild (except custom build) are not eligible,
The ECO is a grant for retrofitting ground source heat pumps into social housing properties. It places legal obligations on larger energy suppliers to fund efficiency measures for domestic energy users.
The current scheme, ECO3, is due to end 31st March 2022. ECO4 is currently under consultation.
The upcoming ECO4 scheme, due to begin in April 2022, is currently under consultation. Stakeholders from sectors including energy efficiency installers and local authorities submitted their views during the summer of 2021 and feedback is currently being analysed.
Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF)
This scheme intends to help new and existing heat networks to move to low and zero-carbon technologies. The fund is anticipated to run from April 2022 to September 2024. The Transition Scheme is live, offering funding to help commercialise projects ready to apply for construction funding in 2022.
Aimed at developers and investors in low-carbon heat networks, such as Shared Ground Loop Arrays, the objectives are to achieve carbon savings, increase the amount of low-carbon heat utilisation in heat networks and help prepare the market for low-carbon regulation.
The SHDF will upgrade a significant amount of social housing stock to an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C, with the fund expected to offer a potential £3.8bn overall. Applications for the first wave of funding closed on 15th October 2021 and funding has now been allocated.
A second wave of the fund, which housing associations will be able to bid directly, is due to be launched in 2022 and will be worth £800m across three years. Details are expected to be released soon.
The PSDS is a £1billion fund dedicated to heat decarbonisation and capital energy efficiency projects in non-domestic public sector buildings across England. Covering up to 100% of ground source heat pump installation costs, the scheme’s objective is to achieve significant carbon savings within the sector.
Eligible public sector bodies include:
Emergency services
NHS Trusts & Foundation Trusts
Further & higher education institutions
Local authorities
Maintained schools within the state education system
Nursery schools maintained by a local authority
Central government departments & non-departmental government bodies
It is clear there is both a need in the market and a desire from the government to support the development of schemes in this sector. However, with each funding round oversubscribed and short timescales to submit bids, projects need to be ‘shovel-ready’ to have a chance of success.
Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme closed to new applicants on November 3rd 2021. Salix and its partners are currently assessing the submitted projects and are looking to notify applicants early in 2022. Successful applicants will then have to complete their designs and procurement, with the projects starting no earlier than April 2022 and finishing in March 2023 for one-year projects and 2024/2025 for 2-and 3-year projects.
We have seen first-hand how important it is, that clients engage with the supply chain as early as possible. Nearly all projects will require some form of planning permission which can take 12 weeks, with Stage 4 design completion up to 12 weeks, dependent on the level of detail within existing designs used at application, this then leaves 24 weeks for mobilisation, construction and completion.
Kensa has supported their current clients during previous phases of PSDS by undertaking all the necessary stages required and this includes the procurement process, either through tendering or award through specialist frameworks.
Ground array funding covers the cost of the groundwork for ground source heat pumps. Through this scheme, arranged by Kensa utilities, an investor funds the network – known as Shared Ground Loop Arrays – to cover the most expensive aspect of the project. In return, the investor can charge connection fees if they wish.
Meanwhile, the developer or property owner benefits from a cheaper project, with all the efficient advantages of ground source over air source.
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