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Heat pumps cut south-west fuel bills
Over the past 18 months, EDF Energy & Kensa Heat Pumps have helped tenants in 75 sheltered homes in Devon and Cornwall save money on their energy bills through a partnership that has secured energy efficiency funding to help housing associations in the south west tackle fuel poverty in their off-gas grid stock.
The two companies have helped social landlords such as Westward Housing, North Devon Homes and Coastline Housing to access funding from the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Non Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) schemes to replace electric heating and oil-fired systems with ground source heat pumps (drilling pictured) from Kensa.
Heat pumps installed in the 75 properties are predicted to yield annual running cost savings of around £325 per household, plus significant carbon reductions.
News Item details
Journal title: Energy World
Subjects: Energy efficiency, Heat pumps, Oil and gas, Prices
