Latest articles on Ecodan air source heat pump 
Ecodan air source heat pump deliver year-round reductions in carbon emissions to straw bale house(24/01/2011)
Mark and Debbie Sampson’s finished home has a timber frame construction throughout, giving it strength and stability and the walls have been made from wheat straw, a dense, but light material offering good insulation. Recycled paper and gypsum board was used internally as an alternative to plaster board, and together with air source pump heating the eco-house also boasts, rainwater harvesting and solar panels. Mark and Debbie Sampson’s unique straw bale house-with-a-view, featured recently ... [more]
Ecodan air source heat pump delivers low temperature heating to SWAN Rural Enterprise Centre(29/12/2010)
The SWAN Rural Enterprise Centre is the brainchild of Nick Brosnan, Heather Wilson and Sam Fitzgerald as part of the SWAN 14-19 Partnership. The new educational business venture near Towcester is the latest commercial building to benefit from low carbon, low cost heating supplied by an Ecodan® air source heat pump. “At the SWAN Centre we aim to bring education and businesses together,” explains Mrs Wilson, formally the Work Related & Enterprise Manager of the SWAN school and now the Centre M... [more]
Mitsubishi Electric demonstrates how its residential heating and ventilation equipment can help satisfy the need for low carbon buildings(05/03/2010)
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 per cent as well. Mitsubishi Electric is now taki... [more]
Ecodan air source heat pump system heats converted farm buildings in Northumberland countryside(11/01/2010)
Property developer George Bowlt is developing three stone cottages on the outskirts of Morpeth where there is no gas supply and options were limited to costly oil, LPG or electric heating. The cottages are 30 minutes from Newcastle Airport and have stone arch windows and doors, wooden beams, period features, fireplaces, underfloor heating and light tunnels delivering daylight into the heart of the building. The first to market has four bedrooms and picture windows facing an idyllic rural view;... [more]
Ecodan air source heat pumps provide heating and hot water to Great Yarmouth residents(27/11/2009)
Nine different-sized properties in Great Yarmouth will have traditional heating pushed aside for the installation of Mitsubishi Electric's Ecodan® air source heat pump (ASHP), which will provide at least three units of heating energy for every one unit of electricity it consumes. The residents in Great Yarmouth are set to save money on their utility bills with the installation of the technology that harvests "free" energy from the surrounding air and upgrades it to provide heating and hot wat... [more]
Mitsubishi Electric exhibits Ecodan air source heat pump system at PHEX 2009(06/11/2009)
Mitsubishi Electric has announced that it is exhibiting the Ecodan® air source heat pump system at the PHEX Show 2009 at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium on 18th and 19th November. Ecodan can reduce a home’s running costs by 30% and lower emissions by 50% over traditional gas. Savings are even greater over oil, LPG and direct electric. “The exhibition targets local plumbing and heating experts which is exactly who we want to be talking to,” explained John Kellett, general manager of the heat... [more]
Mitsubishi Electric showcases heating cooling and ventilation equipment(04/03/2009)
Mitsubishi Electric has showcased the latest advances to the company's range of heating, cooling and ventilation equipment at the RAC & H&V '09 Exhibitions. This included the new City Multi and Mr Slim Zubadan systems, which use a unique flash injection circuit to allow the condensers to continue delivering full heating capacity at outdoor temperatures as low as -15ºC and increases the guaranteed operating range down to -25ºC. “We are unlikely to see such extreme temperatures in the UK ... [more]
Ecodan air source heat pumps reduce fuel bills for new Withington development(02/12/2008)
The average UK household produces over 5 tonnes of CO2 per year with space and water heating accounting for more than 73 per cent of this. By using free energy from the outside air, Mitsubishi Electric’s Ecodan, the easy to install, low carbon alternative to a traditional gas or oil boiler, can dramatically reduce home running costs and CO2 emissions. A new development of 19 houses in Withington, Hereford, is benefiting from Mitsubishi Electric’s Ecodan unit – the heating and hot water sys... [more]
Mitsubishi Electric helps businesses and households reduce energy consumption and cut heating bills(14/10/2008)
Mitsubishi Electric highlighted the ways in which we can all save energy in our built environment on its stand at the Energy Solutions Expo, where it demonstrated its range of air source and ground source heating products and its PWFY water heating unit. All of the products can help businesses and households reduce energy consumption and cut bills. A year-long trial of Mitsubishi Electric's WR2 ground source heat pump system has shown that it is over 500% more efficient at heating a building ... [more]
Ecodan air source heat pump system uses free energy from the outside air to provide central heating and hot water(29/09/2008)
A family home of Mr and Mrs Fox in the small Wiltshire village of Collingbourne Ducis, Marlborough, is setting the standard for eco-friendly housing. The 300 year-old house has moved away from traditional oil-fired central heating systems and now benefits from an Ecodan air source heat pump system which uses free energy from the outside air to provide central heating and hot water. The average UK household produces over five tonnes of CO2 per year with space and water heating accounting for ... [more]
Mitsubishi Electric extends Ecodan air source heat pump range(19/09/2008)
As energy prices continue to rise, more households are struggling with bills and the number falling into fuel poverty is increasing. With the UK now a net importer of gas, the environmental, economic and political situation means that as a country, we have to find more long-term, sustainable ways of heating our homes. This is where the greater use of air source heat pumps such as Mitsubishi Electric's Ecodan can provide an answer by helping reduce the nation's energy consumption whilst match... [more]
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