Home
NEWS
Heat Rises with the Launch of Ice Energy Floor Heating
Ice Energy launches new company, Ice Energy Floor Heating
BERR meeting
Ice Energy MD Andrew Sheldon meets Hergan Haye, Director of Heat Policy at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Brighouse Announce a further 24 Heat Pumps
A further 24 heat pumps are to be installed by Brighouse at their Barony Road in Nantwich development.
Housing Association
Issues facing Social housing Providers
Of the most important issues facing Social Housing providers, heat pumps provide an answer which once understood is hard to ignore.Fighting Fuel poverty
Fuel poverty has been put at the top of the agenda for social housing providers. Inefficient, costly, and old fashioned heating systems mean many tenants struggle to pay their fuel bills – or worse – live with inadequately heated homes resulting in health problems.An Ice Energy heat pump will substantially reduce running costs as demonstrated in a recent 21 month trial by Harrogate Borough Council on 8 elderly persons bungalows. The trial established that on the absolute minimum pensioner benefit of £82 per week running costs were between 1.95% and 4.18%. This is well below the Affordable Warmth fuel poverty requirement of costing no more than 10% of income. In most cases annual running costs were well below the Government’s £200 per annum winter fuel allowance.
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Today all organisations are very much aware of their obligation to reduce their carbon footprint and heat pumps will reduce greenhouse gasses from existing housing stock by over 50%.
Should tenants be encouraged to sign-up to green renewable tariffs then heating and hot water within the home effectively gives a zero carbon footprint.
Significantly reduce Your maintenance Costs
Another key benefit for social housing providers is the dramatic reduction in maintenance and replacement costs of tenants’ heating systems.A heat pump uses refrigeration technology and just like a fridge it doesn’t need to have scheduled maintenance. This has a double benefit in drastically reducing maintenance costs and relieves providers of the huge logistical nightmare of having to gain access to every property annually. The units comes with a 5 year parts and labour warranty and has over double the life expectancy of a gas boiler giving further whole of life savings by eliminating replacements costs.
Safety first for vulnerable groups
On average over 30 people annually die from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Heat pumps remove this worry and lifts a significant legal liability from the housing provider and its staff. In addition the tragic consequences of both poisoning and gas explosion are averted for tenants.
For children and vulnerable groups water temperature safety is a concern. The Ice Energy heat pump can achieve hot water temperatures up to 60°C but can also be set to around 40°C to prevent scalding. Hot water remains safe at these temperatures through a unique pasteurisation system within the heat pump.
TESTIMONIAL
