Air Source Heat Pump Carbon Savings
Winter is here and the weather is getting colder, and many of us have turned our attention to how to heat our homes.
Did you know that about 85% of people own a natural gas fired boiler? This makes heating one of the largest carbon contributors to household carbon emissions.
You can reduce your home's carbon footprint by installing a renewable energy heating system such as a ground source heat pump.
For a typical large house, a 12kW heat pump system will provide all the heating and hot water for the home. Using the latest DEFRA carbon factors for typical heating fuels, we can see the total amount of carbon released by each fuel that requires 26,000kWh of energy per 12kW home per year for space heating and hot water.
The image above illustrates what can be achieved by removing traditional heating systems from our homes and replacing them with renewable sustainable heat pump systems.
The table below details the carbon savings that such an "average" heat pump unit can save over replacing an alternative fossil fuel system. For the purpose of these calculations, an average isoenergy season performance factor (efficiency ratio) of 3.4 was used.
Of the 20% of carbon emissions from typical household heating and domestic hot water production, it is possible to reduce this figure to around 12% if heat pump technology is widely used in ordinary housing.
If you're interested in finding out how much CO 2 you can save by installing a heat pump, get in touch with our heat pump experts. We provide the most professional advice.
