Latest Heat pumps News

Replace your old boiler with energy-efficient Daikin Altherma heat pumps

The Government decision to encourage home owners to scrap their old, inefficient G-rated boilers with a £400 voucher for a new energy efficient model is absolutely right and could save home owners huge amounts on their rising fuel bills. But the choice in the market for heating system is now wider than ever, and householders should also look beyond boilers for highly efficient and now even more affordable solutions to heat our homes. The boile... [more]

Mitsubishi Electric demonstrates how its residential heating and ventilation equipment can help satisfy the need for low carbon buildings

Mitsubishi Electric has presented at the Ecobuild 10 Exhibition how its range of residential heating, ventilation and power generation equipment can help satisfy the need for low carbon buildings and help homeowners earn income by capitalising on Government schemes. On display at the company’s stand was the Ecodan® air source heat pump range which is proven to lower emissions over gas boilers by up to 50 per cent and running costs by around 30... [more]

Domus Supertube ducting installed into new housing association development in Bristol

Ducrow Court, the Knightstone Housing Association development of 60 new homes built by Leadbitter in Backfields, Bristol features one, two and three bedroom affordable apartments, all designed to meet the Code for Sustainable Homes. Polypipe Ventilation has had its Domus Supertube ducting installed into the new housing association development in Bristol as part of the Exhaust Air Heat Pump system. The apartments feature energy efficient light... [more]

New ICS packaged heat pump delivers 65C output temperatures without any supplementary heating being required

ICS Heat Pump Technology is launching their new commercial 80kW packaged heat pump at Ecobuild 2010. It will deliver 65°C output temperatures, even in ambient temperatures as low as -12°C without any supplementary heating being required. This packaged unit is geared towards retrofit applications where output temperatures of 65°C will allow heat pump based renewable heating systems to be installed with minimal replacement work on the existin... [more]

Heat pumps are growing in importance as energy efficient building design moves up the building services sector's agenda

Heat pumps use electricity to extract heat from the environment, usually from the ground or the air. More than three quarters of the energy produced by the heat pump is available free from a sustainable, renewable source. Unlike other sources of renewable energy like wind and solar, the heat in the ground or the air is always available for use. Although they are not carbon neutral (after all, they are powered by electricity), heat pumps typica... [more]

Other Heat pumps news and reviews

LSB Industries slides on lower 4Q profit and sales (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of LSB Industries Inc. fell Tuesday after the maker of heat pumps and chemical products reported fourth-quarter results below Wall Street expectations.

Parker Selected by Rolls-Royce to Provide Heat Management Valves on Trent XWB Engine Program (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Parker Hannifin Corporation , the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that Rolls-Royce has exercised its option to add Parker Aerospace's heat management valves to the pneumatics package it already supplies on the Trent XWB engine program. Â

Toshiba-Carrier Brand Launched in North America (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. , today announced the launch of the Toshiba-Carrier brand in North America. Under the Toshiba-Carrier brand, Carrier will offer high-efficiency duct-free split heat pumps with efficiency ratings up to 23 SEER, including a robust line of ENERGY STAR®-compliant and tax credit-eligible units.

India: The Gap Is Narrowing (Forbes)
The country is buzzing with entrepreneurs and innovation.

Jordan becoming too visible at Bobcat games (MSNBC)
PBT: We've seen you try to run the show before, but here you are, gracing the Bobcats' bench with your presence, and making everything considerably more difficult and awkward in the process.

21 Changes Proposed for Standard 90.1 (ThomasNet)
Public input to help shape technical requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings is being sought through 21 proposed addenda, which could become part of 2010 standard. Proposed addenda cover range of topic areas, including daylighting, air leakage, EER and IEER values, and requirements for VRF air conditioners and heat ...

PM in hot water over 'reckless' spending (Adelaide Now)
KEVIN Rudd accused of wasting federal money after country footy club given almost as many hot water systems as it has players.

CC budget plan nixes new staff, pay raises (Carteret County News-Times)
MOREHEAD CITY —Carteret Community College trustees Tuesday approved a 2010-2011 county budget request that is 2 percent more than the current year’s approved budget.

Explosion at gas station heard 25 km away (Toronto Sun)
Crews are trying to piece together how a gasoline truck suddenly exploded at a Granby, Que., service station Wednesday morning, injuring at least one man.

News in brief (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.