Useful articles featuring advice about renewable heating, its benefits, financial support and incentives, and guidance for homeowners looking to reduce the carbon footprint of their heating system.
Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) is a biofuel that can be used to heat homes. Although not widely available yet, HVO biofuel has been successfully trialled using compatible oil boilers and it could help hard-to-heat homes transition to lower carbon heating. In this blog, we will explain how HVO biofuel is an alternative option to help oil boiler owners reduce their carbon emissions without needing to replace their entire heating system.
Air source heat pumps (ASHPs) and underfloor heating (UFH) partner together effectively. This is why heat pumps and underfloor heating systems are being specified and installed in properties which are striving to be eco-friendly, low carbon homes. In this guide, we will explain more about how heat pumps and underfloor heating systems work, the benefits they can deliver and the funding available which can help reduce installation costs.
Correctly installed air source heat pump heating systems will heat your home efficiently and effectively for many years. We have put together this guide to help homeowners who are thinking about a heat pump for their home, explaining some of the common heat pump installation mistakes and how to avoid them.
If you are a self-builder planning the exciting build of your next home, choosing the right heating system for your property will be an important decision and a key element of the build project. Read our guide for self-builds which focuses on why a heat pump could be the perfect solution for your heating and hot water, and what you need to know about this low-carbon heating system.
The Grant Aerona 290 heat pump range uses R290 refrigerant as an alternative to the more commonly used R32 refrigerant. With its very low Global Warming Potential (GWP), R290 refrigerant offers a range of benefits that make it a more sustainable and environmentally friendly choice for homeowners exploring low carbon heating solutions.
Air source heat pump heating systems work differently to traditional fossil fuel boilers and selecting the right choice of heat emitter, such as radiators, is key to helping a heat pump system to achieve its optimum efficiency. In this article, we share a heating engineer’s guide to inform homeowners about what they need to know when it comes to choosing radiators for air source heat pumps.
A hybrid heating system, which combines a renewable heat source with a traditional fossil fuel boiler, can help homeowners transition to more sustainable home heating when it may not be possible for them to completely swap to renewable energy. In this article, we will look at the advantages of hybrid heating and the types of properties it is suitable for.
A common misconception about air source heat pumps is that they are only suitable for installation in new build properties. While heat pumps are an ideal heating system for modern new builds, they are also capable of fulfilling the heating requirements for lots of other properties. Here we will explore how heat pumps are a sustainable way to heat many types of homes, both new and old.
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