Advance Stainless Steel Unvented Hot Water Cylinders for Heat Pump Systems
Installation and Commissioning Manual
Version 10.0 | Updated: 10/10/2022
Slinky Unrolling Guidance Sheet
User Manual
Version 1.0 | Updated: 22/09/2022
Shoebox
Operational Manual
Version 13.0 | Updated: Date: 25/01/24
Shoebox (ground arrays)
Installation and Commissioning Manual
Version 17.0 | Updated: 25/01/24
Plantroom heat pump
Installation and Commissioning Manual
Version 11.1 | Updated: 25/04/2019
High Temperature Plantroom
Installation and Commissioning Manual
Version 4.1 | Updated: 03/04/2019
Kensa Heat Pumps has reaffirmed its position as the leading manufacturer and supplier of ground source heat pumps with a double win at the H & V News Awards 2013; the only company to achieve a double-win this year.
Celebrating alongside its clients at the prestigious affair hosted at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane, Kensa achieved awards in the following categories:
- (Winner) Retrofit Project of the Year – In association with Yarlington Housing Group;
- (Winner) Renewable Project of the Year – In association with New Linx Housing Trust;
Aspire Housing has just completed a programme to deliver significantly lower running costs to customers living in fifteen properties at Ashley. Not only is the fabric of these post-war Airey Houses being improved to reduce energy demand, new ground source heat pumps now also deliver the heat and hot water far more efficiently than the previous oil or solid fuel boilers, and dramatically reduce their carbon footprint.
To support the installations, partial funding was obtained through the Government’s RHPP programme and via leading energy company SSE under the guidance and support of Kensa Engineering, who also manufactured and managed the installation of the ground source heat pumps.
The UK’s most ambitious ground source heat pump retrofit programme has been successfully completed on time and on budget, following a collaborative partnership between Yarlington Housing Group and ground source heat pump manufacturer, Kensa Engineering.
Over 200 ground source heat pumps were installed over 90 days in Somerset this Autumn, following Yarlington Housing Group’s successful bid for Government RHPP funding, which was supplemented further via Kensa’s partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy.
Learn how a heat pump works from the UK’s leading manufacturer of a full range of Ground Source Heat Pumps.
This video is part of a series of short movies, aimed at educating installers of ground source heat pump systems, or those looking to branch into installing the technology.
Please note, the RHI scheme has now closed – please visit this page to explore other funding.
Ground Source Review: Yarlington Housing Association.
Kensa were approached by the social housing provider Yarlington Housing Group in late 2012 to undertake a retrofit project involving 200 of their housing stock. The project remit was to upgrade the heating systems on properties with the most vulnerable residents, installing new Kensa Compact ground source heat pumps to provide an efficient and economical means of heating and hot water, whilst reducing the carbon emissions of the stock.
- Retrofit Project of the Year 2013, H&V News Awards
Discover Kensa’s comprehensive and award-winning ground source heat pump product range, and its Installer Partner Programme.
This video details the advantages of working with Kensa. MCS accredited and non-MCS accredited installers can learn about Kensa’s full range of ground source heat pumps, its quality engineering, and the benefits that come from working with an experienced and expert UK based manufacturer.
This video is part of a series of short movies, aimed at educating installers of ground source heat pump systems, or those looking to branch into installing the technology.
Please note, the RHI scheme has now closed – please visit this page to explore other funding.
Ground Source Review: New Linx, Lincolnshire.
New Linx was looking to replace the solid fuel boilers installed in over 225 properties of their housing stock, throughout Lincolnshire.
1. GSHPs are electrically-powered, non-combustion devices
A ground source heat pump uses underground pipework to extract low-temperature solar energy from ground or water sources. It then compresses and upgrades this energy to a higher temperature when heating and hot water is needed in the home. The heat pump does not produce point-of-use emissions, helping to reduce a household’s carbon footprint.
The temperature 1-2m below the surface remains constant, and solar energy is regularly replenished by sunshine – or even rainfall. This means a ground source heat pump can provide sustainable heating and hot water all year round, despite changes in the outside air temperature.
As more renewable energy inevitably comes onto the electricity grid, the price of electricity is set to decrease, lowering the running costs of electrically powered devices like ground source heat pumps.
2. GSHPs offer low lifetime costs & generous financial returns
Like many renewable heating technologies, installing a ground source heat pump requires a capital outlay that is significantly higher than a gas boiler.
However, this is balanced by the low lifetime costs. An average boiler will need replacing every 10-15 years, whereas ground source heat pumps will typically last 25 years and do not require annual servicing. The ground array pipework used to extract the solar energy will last for 100 years, so installing this infrastructure is a one-off cost for the homeowner.
The initial investment in a ground source system is offset further by the generous government funding schemes available.
Find out more about how much a ground source heat pump costs, and what you could earn and save.
3. GSHPs are efficient & self-sufficient
Ground source heat pumps achieve higher efficiencies than any other heating system, producing 3 to 4 kilowatts (kW) of heat for every 1kW of electricity they use. While modern condensing boilers can be over 90% efficient, a ground source heat pump can achieve efficiencies of 400%.
With an impressive A++ rating in energy efficiency, the Kensa Evo is the most efficient ground source heat pump in our product range. It also features a dedicated controller with intelligent touch-screen controls that keep track of performance and system efficiencies. These high efficiencies help secure homeowners the lowest running costs and the highest income available from government funding schemes.
4. GSHPs can ‘load shift’ to save money & carbon
A ground source heat pump can shift its consumption to the times of day when electricity is at its cheapest and there is lower carbon; this is called ‘load shifting’. Load shifting saves money for homeowners and helps to reduce carbon emissions even further. Battery storage, flexible tariffs, and smart controls make this possible.
No other technology can participate in load shifting like ground source heat pumps. They are quiet enough to be installed anywhere within the home, and can be run at any time of day or night when electricity is at its lowest cost or carbon. The ground or water from which the solar energy is extracted are unlimited heat sources that can be constantly recharged, and therefore fully sustainable.
