Doing "Your Bit" for the environment

Heat Pumps offer considerable advantages for the environment over old fashioned fossil fuel heating systems. When compared with an oil boiler for example a heat pump will reduce the carbon footprint of your homes heating system by over 50%.

Additionally if you sign up to one of the green tariffs which guarantee the production of renewable energy you could argue that your heating system produces zero carbon and is making a real contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gasses.

Other Reasons for buying a heat pump

SAFER THAN GAS, OIL AND LPG BOILERS
Around  30 people a year are killed by home explosions and Carbon Monoxide poisoning from gas central heating boilers, while the environmental consequences of oil pollution from oil tanks leaves homeowners liable to a £20,000 fine should their system leak.

Ice Energy Heat Pumps use food safe glycol in their ground loop, are completely safe and free of any contaminants which may harm the environment.


HOT WATER SAFETY
570 people a year suffer serious scalds from hot tap water and radiators.

Here are some shocking figures on water safety

• Hot water at 70 degrees takes less than a half second to burn
• Scald burns are the third most common reason for under 5's admission to hospital
• Each week 7 children require hospital treatment involving painful skin grafting and permanent scarring.

Heat pumps provide safe operating temperatures for domestic hot water and radiators. Traditional oil and gas boilers are unable to do this due to the fear of legionella contamination, however the Ice Energy heat pump overcomes this by pasturising the water cylinder at least once a week. The lower operating temperatures for radiators also provide a much safer home environment for small children.

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