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.
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 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.
The Kensa Q comprises of modular three phase models to provide tailored outputs for high heating & cooling demands, providing greater flexibility & compatibility with Building Management Systems
Installers are integral to the UK’s transition to low-carbon heating. Kensa is continually building a network of trusted, recommended and experienced installers across the UK.
Kensa offers a free, progressive and tailored training pathway for installers from all backgrounds. Start from the ground up or add to your existing knowledge whilst learning at your own pace.
Kensa's Partner Network recognises installers for their proven skills and experience with ground source heat pumps and offers exclusive member benefits.
Kensa has a nationwide network of trusted installers to help with your ground source heat pump project. Simply submit your plans and Kensa will recommend the right installer for you.
Kensa Heat Pumps is the UK’s number one ground source heat pump brand. We offer ground source heat pump training for trainers in training centres, sharing our extensive knowledge of ground source heat pump fundamentals and best practices with your trainers and students.
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 2028.
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 can charge connection fees if they wish.
Two 15kW Evo ground source heat pumps were installed into a family home – featuring two separate dwellings – in Somerset. Connected by a Shared Ground Loop Array and coupled with solar PV, the system will help the family save money and carbon for years to come.
Ground source review: Green Gables family home
Fulfilling green & money-saving motivations
Green Gables is a family home in Somerset, consisting of two attached buildings. Looking to save money on heating bills and reduce their carbon footprint, the homeowner wanted to rule out their reliance on oil heating.
After enlisting renewables installer, Evergreen, to assess the property and discuss options, they both decided that ground source heat pump technology was the most efficient choice with the lowest running costs. With the help of Kensa, Evergreen – who have worked as accredited installers for Kensa since 2015 – came up with a system design fit for the family home.
The installation & electricity supply upgrade
As there were two buildings on the site, two 15kW Kensa Evo ground source heat pumps were supplied – one to each dwelling – to provide all heating and hot water demands.
The two heat pumps were the perfect match for a Shared Ground Loop Array – Kensa’s pioneered system, which transfers ambient-temperature heat energy from the ground to each individual Evo ground source heat pump located inside each of the dwellings. The Evo then upgrades the heat energy to provide heating and hot water on demand. Using this system meant that the owner was eligible for the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI: this scheme has now closed – please visit this page to explore other funding).
The incoming electricity supply was upgraded by Western Power from a single-phase to a three-phase connection to accommodate the higher output and the two electricity meters required.
Evo heat pumps installed in plant room
Ground array process
As the property had plenty of land, slinky pipes were the ideal ground array to extract the heat. The slinkies and header pipework were installed in trenches, and sand was used to protect the pipework and ensure the best possible heat extraction.
Evergreen also carried out the necessary alterations and additions to the existing space heating systems, and the upgrade of the electrical system.
Slinky pipes installed in trenches
Solar PV for self-sufficient energy
The ground source heat pump system was also coupled with a ground-mounted Solar PV system, which further improves the property’s sustainability by utilising solar energy and converting it into electricity. As this system is connected to the grid, it can export electricity that isn’t used and import it when there is not enough sunlight. Evergreen installed two SolarEdge immersion controllers, which send spare generated power from the solar PV system to the immersions heaters – making the most of self-generating power and losing less to the grid.
The owner of Green Gables is able to monitor how much power is being generated by the Solar PV system, so he can adapt the settings to utilise as much of the free self-generated power as possible.
Ground-level solar PV system
Key Facts
Supplying heating & hot water to two separate dwellings
Retrofit installation
Replacing oil heating
Slinky ground arrays - Shared Ground Loop Array system
Two x 15kW three-phase Evo heat pumps
Coupled with Solar PV
Eligible for Non-Domestic RHI (this scheme has now closed)
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