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CO2 & £££ savings of Heat Pumps

Icon Written by admin on March 30, 2009 – 12:50 pm

Calculations
The concern about the heat pump is the running costs. Even though the efficiency is 1 to 4 (1kWh in gives 4kWh out), the economics & CO2 savings are somewhat different.
My last bill including VAT

1 unit of electricity = 14.58p
1 unity of Gas = 5.17p (see note about split costs below)
No. kWh of Gas used [...]



GSHP Problem Statement

Icon Written by admin on February 22, 2009 – 2:19 pm

Given the current plans what additional insulation is required to reduce the amount of heat that is generated by the heat pump ?
Assuming additional insulation is applied, how much electricity will be used to power the heat pump ?

This information is an input to the PV requirement

Is it possible that heat from the Solar heating [...]