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Kensa’s ‘game-changing’ compact Ground Source Heat Pump, the Shoebox NX, which was designed to deliver...

Largest ever UK agreement between a utility infrastructure provider and ground source heat pump manufacturer...

The blueprint to decarbonising street by street with networked heat pumps. Project Booklet

To reach Net Zero by 2050 up to 80% of UK homes could need a...

Residents in 273 high-rise flats in Thurrock will see significant savings in their heating and...

Summary: British ground source heat pumps, manufactured and installed by Kensa, will deliver renewable heating...

Summary: Kensa’s networked heat pump solution ensured that 14 new homes created by Lar Housing...

£70m investment to scale ground source heat pump business Kensa Group Next step in Octopus’...

Summary: Longhurst Group are installing ground source heat pumps into their new affordable housing development...

Summary Kensa Utilities, is thrilled to announce that its groundbreaking project, Heat the Streets, has been...

Element Energy’s Low Carbon Heat Study is an in-depth study into the costs, performance, and...

Research shows networked ground source heat pumps and heat flexibility are critical to the UK’s...

Summary: Residents and their families at three council-owned tower blocks in Chadwell St Mary are...

Summary: Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council celebrated an important milestone as the first energy and...

Summary: Kensa Contracting win District Heating Project of the Year at the H&V News Awards...

Summary: In 2019, 364 Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pumps were installed by Kensa Contracting into seven tower blocks in...

In 2012, Kensa Heat Pumps launched the world’s smallest  ground source heat pump – the...

Explore Kensa’s award-winning range of ground source heat pumps for British properties. All manufactured by...

Summary: In a ground-breaking project with Thurrock Council, funded by SHDF, three high-rise tower blocks...

Ground source review: Housing 21 Kensa’s networked heat pump solution in a block of self-contained...

Summary: Kensa has partnered with Gravesham Borough Council to install low carbon ground source heat...

The Kensa Group was pleased to hear the chancellor is pledging to cut VAT to...

Kensa makes it clear that the negative press around heat pumps is a load of...

Welcome to Green Street – A Mobile AR Experience Presenting Kensa’s vision for zero-carbon urban...

The Shoebox, Kensa’s smallest ground source heat pump Packing plenty of low-carbon benefits in a...

The Fully Charged team, Kensa Heat Pumps and leading electric vehicle and clean energy companies...

Presenting Kensa’s vision for a low carbon integrated energy system in an urban community. This...

Cutting carbon and costs with ground source heat pumps Croydon Council was the first in...

As the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) opens to applications, Kensa is urging local authorities...

Summary: Ground source heat pumps manufactured and installed by Kensa will deliver the lowest carbon...

Kensa Group has been longlisted for the Ashden Award for Climate Innovation for a groundbreaking...

Kensa Group CEO, Simon Lomax, acknowledges and welcomes the Government’s long-awaited response to the recent...

Medium-depth boreholes, which are drilled 300m below ground, differ from standard ground source heat pump...

The electrification of heating is the main route to achieving net-zero carbon. This video explores...

Take a site tour in Blackbird Leys Join Dr Matthew Trewhella, Managing Director of Kensa...

Summary: A Together Housing and Kensa Contracting project has won ‘Heat Pump City of the...

Ground source review: Together Housing, Daisyfield As Together Housing expands its scheduled works with Kensa...

Follow the first phase of this smart city scheme with Stonewater Housing Association and Kensa...

Summary: A smart renewable heating scheme in Oxford gets the go-ahead following COVID-19 lockdown restrictions....

Summary: The first phase in the installation of ground source heat pumps as part of...

The impact of Net Zero 2050 and the Future Homes Standard on heating is explored...

The Kensa Group announces that it has partnered with Legal & General to strengthen its...

The popular energy, sustainability and environmental focused BetaTalk podcast, sponsored by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme...

Summary Ground Source Review: Energy Superhub, Oxford   Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pumps featured...

Summary: Kensa Contracting, the pioneers of innovative large-scale domestic ground source heat pump installations to...

Kensa’s Director of Business Development, Karl Drage, joined the global Ted community with a recent...

In this video, energy and regeneration specialist, ENGIE discusses this innovative ‘Core 364’ Gentoo Group...

Summary: Ground source review: Enfield, Kensa Contracting & ENGIE Kensa Contracting with ENGIE replaced electric...

Summary: Ground source review: Together Housing, Elland, Halifax   Kensa Contracting and the Together Housing...

Summary: Ground source review: South Western Housing Society, Tuckers Close. Together Housing and Kensa Contracting...

Summary: Bristol continues to build on its ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030 with...

Summary: 364 Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pumps are being installed by Kensa Contracting into...

Summary: Kensa Heat Pumps’ Shoebox heat pumps are further helping to green our capital and...

Download Kensa’s short guide to retrofitting ground source heat pumps in social housing.

Summary: Kensa Contracting’s Managing Director, Dr Matthew Trewhella, explores three key innovations driving smarter energy...

Summary: Bristol’s commitment to achieving its carbon neutral pledge by 2030 is being realised with...

Summary: As a nationwide delivery partner of Kensa’s ground source heat pumps, Kensa Contracting has...

Kensa Heat Pumps have commenced construction of a new 1000m2 manufacturing and office facility on...

  Summary: In this interview, Dr Matthew Trewhella, Managing Director at Kensa Contracting, shares his...

Summary: Kensa Contracting launches new film, ‘Community Heating – How To: District Heating with Ground...

Heating communities – new and old – with district ground source heat pumps has never...

Summary: Kensa Contracting’s project with ENGIE for Enfield Council named District Heating Project Of The...

Summary: Kensa explains how plans for widespread deployment of heat pumps will help to reduce...

Watch how Kensa Contracting, ENGIE & Enfield Council delivered 400 ground source heat pumps to...

Summary A £41m world-first Energy Superhub will be built in Oxford, making it a model...

Summary: A landmark order by Together Housing to replace night storage heater’s with ground source...

As we come through the coldest months of the year, EG3 and National Energy Action...

The Kensa Group, the UK’s leading manufacturer and installer of ground source heat pumps, has...

Ground source heat pump manufacturer, Kensa Heat Pumps, has added fuel to the debate about...

Ground source review: Airey Close, Flagship This Kensa Contracting managed ground source heat pump project...

Kensa reviews the Greater London Authority report, ‘Low Carbon Heat: Heat Pumps in London’. Findings...

How to be carbon compliant for less GLA heat pumps report identifies shared ground loop...

Together Housing and Kensa have completed an innovative heating programme to replace old storage heaters...

Ground source review: South Western Housing Society, Tuckers Close. Kensa Contracting delivered this off-gas grid...

Summary: Kensa Shoebox heat pumps feature in a new development of 12 affordable homes in...

Kensa’s ground source heat pump systems offer free passive cooling, whilst the ambient temperature of...

A quiet cul-de-sac in Suffolk has been chosen to represent British renewable energy innovations to...

Watch as Kensa Contracting contractors drill boreholes for a shared loop ground array system to provide...

England’s largest district ground source heat pump scheme is visible from space! See two of...

With air pollution becoming an increasingly concerning problem, especially in UK cities, this video investigates...

Ground Source Review: Stakeford Depot & Riverside Centre. Northumberland County Council enlisted the help of...

An innovative new heating system which will significantly reduce residents’ heating costs has been installed...

Ground Source Review: Shropshire Rural Housing, Llanymynech. This rural new build development is the fourth project...

A new animation produced by Kensa Heat Pumps aims to educate the owners and developers...

This Kensa Contracting commissioned motion graphic depicts the key stages for the installation of Kensa...

Kensa Contracting and ENGIE retrofitting Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pumps into eight tower blocks...

This video shows the initial works for a retrofit Kensa Contracting ground source heat pump...

Kensa Contracting & ENGIE retrofitting Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pumps into eight tower blocks...

Ground Source Review: Bromford, The Pleydells. The largest collaboration between Kensa Contracting and Bromford Housing...

Coastline Housing residents in Cornwall have benefitted from a triple award winning partnership in the...

Ground Source Review: Stonewater Housing, Weobley. Kensa Contracting helped Stonewater Housing deliver a shared ground...

South Shropshire Housing Association and Kensa Heat Pumps have completed an off-gas heating retrofit programme...

Neat, quick, and efficient, this time lapse video shows the drilling of 25 communal boreholes...

Housing association residents in a development of 49 one- and two-bedroom bungalows in Herefordshire are...

In this blog, Dr Matthew Trewhella, Managing Director of Kensa Contracting, explains how Kensa Heat...

Ground Source Review: South Shropshire Housing Association. This award-winning Kensa Contracting heating upgrade scheme comprised...

Kensa Heat Pumps has won two awards at the H&V News Awards 2017 for its...

This Summer witness Northumberland County Council‘s first ground source heat pump project with Kensa Heat Pumps...

An ambitious ground source heat pump retrofit scheme completed in just ten weeks by Kensa...

Kensa Heat Pumps is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted in three categories...

Ground Source Review: Hanover, Ashfield Court. This ambitious, multi-award winning Kensa Contracting managed scheme for Hanover...

Cornish manufacturer Kensa Heat Pumps and Coastline Housing have received industry acclaim with an award...

Ground Source Review: Peacock Place. Peacock Place is the third award-winning ground source heat pump retrofit...

Follow Hanover Housing Association’s first ground source heat pump project with Kensa Heat Pumps as...

Ground Source Review: Coastline, Wheal Vyvyan. This multi-award winning scheme between Kensa Contracting and Coastline...

During nine weeks in the Spring of 2016 Kensa Heat Pumps completed a compact and...

Ground Source Review: Flagship Group. During Spring 2016 Kensa Contracting completed a compact and challenging heating...

Ground Source Review: Bromford Phase Two. This second collaboration between Kensa Contracting and Bromford Housing...

Kensa Heat Pumps and Trent & Dove Housing have scooped the award for ‘Best Client’...

Ground Source Review: Chestnut Mews & Aspen Mews. As a result of the successful deployment of...

Ground Source Review: Shropshire Rural Housing, Kinlet. In this award-winning scheme, Kensa Contracting delivered a...

Ground Source Review: Bromford Housing Association. Kensa Contracting successfully completed the installation of a Kensa...

In Spring 2015 Trent & Dove Housing and Kensa Contracting delivered the UK’s most ambitious...

A Shropshire Rural Housing Association’s ground source heat project features eight new-build semi-detached houses and...

Housing Associations were given the cold, hard facts about excess winter deaths at a recent...

Ground Source Review: Trent & Dove Housing. This multi-award winning Kensa Contracting delivered programme of retrofit...

Westward Housing residents speak of their experiences during the retrofit of Kensa ground source heat...

Ground Source Review: Croft House. Multi award-winning, this landmark programme of retrofit works co-ordinated by...

Ground Source Review: New Linx Housing Trust. Following the successful completion of a retrofit project...

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Ground Source Review: Yarlington Housing Association. Kensa were approached by the social housing provider Yarlington...

Ground Source Review: New Linx, Lincolnshire. New Linx was looking to replace the solid fuel...