Choosing a heating system for social housing projects is becoming more difficult as the range of options continues to grow. Of course, increasing attention is being focussed on renewable technologies and the need to meet Level Three of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is generating significant interest in ground source heat pumps amongst social housing providers. In fact, heat pumps are so efficient, their specification can normally mean that no other exceptional measures are required to demonstrate compliance. As a result, overall construction costs are reduced. Further, this interest is also being stimulated by the increasingly generous grant support becoming available under the CERT 2008-2011 programme. Indeed, heat pump lifetime ownership cost models should benefit from a variety of factors including increasingly competitive supply and installation prices and the absence of any costs linked to routine servicing requirements.
Further information on the CERT grant programmes and typical project costs can be found by using the links below.
Kensa hope to provide some practical guidance to help you establish whether heat pumps are an attractive option for your developments or part of any retrofit programme. Of course, for specific information, please feel free to contact Kensa or one of its approved Installation Partners.
Click here to find out more about CERT funding.
Click here to find out more about typical
project costs.
