Westward Housing residents speak of their experiences during the retrofit of Kensa ground source heat pumps in this unique project featuring shared ground loop array heat networks and social housing flats, courtesy of Kensa Contracting.
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Mr & Mrs Hart decided to install a ground source heat pump in their 19th century property to displace the costs of their oil boiler system and provide a sustainable renewable heating system. Their story shows an example of how a ground source system can be successfully installed into an older property.
In 2014, Eco Friendly Installations installed a 6kW ground source heat pump at the newly built RNLI lifeboat station at Porthdinllaen. Three vertical boreholes were drilled to overcome the challenge of being on the shoreline and the system is successfully providing space heating to new crew facilities through an efficient underfloor heating system.
This project saw Kensa install two three phase heat pumps in an innovative barn conversion.
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Before the heating season (or if the heat pump has been switched off for a long period) there are several preventative maintenance tasks that can be performed to help identify potential problems before the weather gets colder:
Lee Valley White Water Centre attracts avid water sport enthusiasts as well as a large body of free renewable energy, which is now the heat source for the centre’s buildings courtesy of a Kensa ground source heat pump!
This sprawling complex featuring a Garden Centre, 80-berth marina, chandlery, restaurant, garden park, crazy golf course and hotel, required a heating solution that could deliver a number of objectives; the solution was found in two Kensa ground source heat pumps.
Where there is a will there is a … water feature!
This sensitive renovation sources heating from a new cascade pond to supply sustainable and efficient heat to the grand manor house.
Multi award-winning, this landmark programme of retrofit works co-ordinated by Kensa Contracting and Tarka Housing (Westward Housing) delivered the first social housing project to feature a shared ground loop array design and Kensa’s unique Shoebox heat pump in retrofit flats, harnessing ECO funding, and supported by the ‘Ready for Retrofit’ (RfR) programme.
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