Ground Source Heat Pump Assessment, Design and Installation

Overview

SBS has partnered with Geo-Environmental Sciences Limited (GESL) to provide a surveying service for customers looking to install Ground Source Heat Pumps.

Ground source heat pumps deliver low cost, low emission heat for home owners, hospitals, churches and offices, amongst others. The system uses a buried ground loop which transfers heat from the ground into a building to provide space heating and in some cases, to pre-heat or heat hot water.

The aim of the service is to provide an optimised, high performance Ground Source Heat Pump systems that prevent unnecessary expense and delivers the best value for money.

We believe that customers should not pay additional cost for poor design, but get a designed solution that delivers the best performance and therefore the best rate of return.

End user Benefits:

• Following installation there should be very little maintenance and Ground Source Heat Pumps have a lifespan of over 25 years.

• Tailoring a solution that properly takes account of ground conditions and site constraints will provide long term efficiencies.

• Our service will help you choose which system best suits your needs.

Sign up

For more details:

Telephone: 01273 699406
Email: geosciences@travisperkinsplc.co.uk

Or go to website for further details: www.geo-sciences.net

How to buy:

Ground Source Heat Pump Assessment, Design and Installation

• Desk Top Feasibility Report - £288.00

• Site Walk Over Survey - £550.00

• Prices for boreholes plus installaion of ground loops dependent upon recommendation from output of site walk over survey

For more information on how to start your journey to clean, low cost heating and energy security by completing the Home Owners Survey Assessment Form on the Geo-Environmental Sciences website.

Benefits

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To get the best efficiency from a Ground Source Heat Pump system it is crucial to undertake a site survey before you decide to purchase. This includes:

Building Sustainability will identify whether a Ground Source Heat Pump is right for your property or building before you spend a lot of money.

Maximise energy efficiency guidance on the next steps that you would need to improve the energy efficiency of your property.

Advice on the cost of your implementation to return on investment that you could receive.

Funding advice provides details of any grants available to for your installation and what you need to do to obtain them.

Minimise Installation Costs: GESL will minimise costs without damaging performance by using our knowledge of ground conditions and drilling techniques to create the best value solution for your property or building whether you are a home owner, a business, a charity or a public sector organisation.

Hints & Tips

We look at a number of additional factors to give you the whole picture. This not only includes the products themselves, but also considers other areas which will affect performance and outcome.

Sizing assess the geological and hydrogeological ground conditions and their impact, to avoid oversizing (spending too much) or undersizing (system failing).

Building insulation in a poorly insulated property or building will result in a poor performing system and you may have to install a larger heat pump than you need, it is good practice to retrofit insulation prior to installing a GSHP.

Heating Requirements hot water and heating requirements of the building need to be considered.

Replacing your existing heating source heat pumps can save you more on your heating bills if you’re replacing an electric, LPG or coal system but, currently, might not lead to great savings if you are on the gas network. What they will provide is security from future energy price rises.

Your current radiator system the heat produced by a ground source heat pump comes at a lower temperature than other forms of heating, making it best suited to underfloor heating, which requires lower temperatures, rather than radiators or, if radiators are used, they should be properly sized or of the low temperature variety.

Supplementary Electric Heating running costs can be higher if you’re also using the system for your hot water supply and you may require a supplementary electric immersion heater to keep up with your heating needs. For the majority of heat pumps, heat the water to above 60°C once a week (or every 24 hours in commercial installations) to prevent legionella. If the system is required to provide hot water, a thermal store will be required. This is similar to a hot water tank, although tends to be larger, with a larger heat exchanger coil within the cylinder.

Solar PV and GSHP the payback period will be shorter if your current heating system is electric, LPG or oil. This can be further shortened by generating the electricity required to run the GSHP through renewable energy sources such as Solar PV.