Latest Heat pumps News
Controlling temperature within buildings using low temperature heating and high temperature cooling
Mechanical and electrical contracting engineers, J & B Hopkins has used its headquarters in Concorde Way to demonstrate a highly energy efficient way of controlling the temperature within buildings using low temperature heating and high temperature cooling. “Concorde House was built on a brownfield site and designed around a light-weight steel frame with walls constructed from standard cladding panels,” explains Managing Director, Paul Hopkins... [more]
Ecodan air source heat pumps supply continuous underfloor heating to Middlesbrough rehabilitation centre
A chain of five Ecodan® air source heat pumps is supplying continuous, controllable underfloor heating to a new 48-bed rehabilitation centre in Middlesbrough. The 14.5kW Ecodan units will provide 45 per cent of the heat-load for the newly built centre, which provides self-contained flats and en-suite rooms for clients with various supported housing needs. The centre is run by Riverside ECHG, a specialist provider of older persons and supported ho... [more]
Dimplex heat pump and solar thermal water heating system help cut Grade II listed farmhouse's carbon footprint
In an ambitious change of lifestyle that was featured on the Channel 5 television programme ‘Build a New Life in the Country’, Ian and Becky Sheveling's leap of faith saw them move from London and buy a farmhouse and barn on seven acres of land in Yorkshire. When Ian and Becky moved to Yorkshire to start a new life, they wanted their new home to be as environmentally-friendly as possible. So heating and hot water from a Dimplex heat pump and s... [more]
Mitsubishi Electric demonstrates Ecodan air source heat pump at the Micropower Council's renewable event at the Houses of Parliament
The Micropower Council held a special renewable event at the Houses of Parliament last month. In addition to 30 Peers and MP, including Greg Barker MP, the Minister of State for Climate Change, the briefing meeting was attended by senior Civil Servants and interested parties, with over 170 guests able to talk directly to Micropower Council members. Mitsubishi Electric used the event to demonstrate how its Ecodan® range of air source heat pumps... [more]
Pulsar direct to showcase its eco training courses at PHEX
Pulsar direct will showcase its eco training courses at PHEX at Old Trafford from 13-14 October and again at Stamford Bridge from 17-18 November. The BPEC accredited training courses – which cover everything from underfloor heating and boilers, to plumbing and solar energy systems – were a huge success at the April PHEX event at Wembley, with a good number of installers signing up to the courses there and then. Pulsar direct’s stand will also... [more]
Other Heat pumps news and reviews
Energy Adviser: Heat pump water heaters may not fit in every home
I have to replace my old electric water heater and wonder if I should get a heat pump water heater? Heat pump water heaters hold a lot of promise as a technology to help reduce energy use in the Northwest.
Heat-activated pump could enhance drug-delivery patches
Researchers have developed a simple heat-activated pump designed to facilitate the delivery of drugs via transdermal patches.
Ford Opts for Liquid Cooling to Maximize Battery Life
DEARBORN, MI — Ford Motor Company's all-electric Focus will use liquid instead of air to cool and heat the car battery in order to maximize the battery's life and driving range.
Heavy work at Shell Park
Shell’s solution for dealing with the heavy oil at the low-energy BC-10 concession offshore Brazil – caisson separator electrical submersible pumps - is working ‘outstandingly’ well according to the field’s project manager . . .
Heat efficient wells on Quad
It is nearly impossible to miss the changes on campus. Students returned this semester to find the area around Rhodes-Robinson Hall transformed into a serious construction site. Fences block off much of the building, while signs on the Quad indicate that no one should walk on the new sod.
Refinery Status: Brief Maintenance Planned At -2-
Refinery Status: Brief Maintenance Planned At -2-
Some Floridians still waiting on appliance rebates
About 7,000 rebates for appliances Floridians bought in April still have to be mailed, the state said this week. It could be near the end of September before everyone who applied for a rebate toward the cost of refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, washing machines, single-room air conditioners and tankless gas water heaters receives their cash.
Purdue pump uses body heat to deliver drugs
Purdue University researchers have developed a pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of "microneedles" to deliver a wider range of medications using the body's heat to transfer the drugs.
No complaints about green energy scheme
LETTERS From Peter Atkinson, Chale Green: FURTHER to your article regarding the project in Spanners Close (CP, 27-08-10), I feel I must make comment. To start with I must applaud South Wight Housing Association and The Ellen MacArthur Foundation for getting this project off the ground.
Gibsons’ geoexchange holds promise, risk
Buried underneath the streets and parks in what will be the Coast’s newest subdivision are hundreds of metres of coils and pipes that no other development in the country can claim to have.
