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Mitsubishi Electric demonstrates how its residential heating and ventilation equipment can help satisfy the need for low carbon buildings(05/03/2010)
Mitsubishi Electric has presented at the Ecobuild 10 Exhibition how its range of residential heating, ventilation and power generation equipment can help satisfy the need for low carbon buildings and help homeowners earn income by capitalising on Government schemes. On display at the company’s stand was the Ecodan® air source heat pump range which is proven to lower emissions over gas boilers by up to 50 per cent and running costs by around 30... [more]
Heat pumps are growing in importance as energy efficient building design moves up the building services sector's agenda(10/02/2010)
Heat pumps use electricity to extract heat from the environment, usually from the ground or the air. More than three quarters of the energy produced by the heat pump is available free from a sustainable, renewable source. Unlike other sources of renewable energy like wind and solar, the heat in the ground or the air is always available for use. Although they are not carbon neutral (after all, they are powered by electricity), heat pumps typica... [more]
OFTEC welcomes the move to include new bio-liquid heating fuel within the consultation paper for the RHI(08/02/2010)
The UK’s 1.4 million homes currently heated by oil could be able to receive incentive payments for switching to a new bio-liquid heating fuel. The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) believes that these plans are vital to encourage consumer take-up. OFTEC was instrumental in the successful campaign to include the option of using blends of bio liquids to heat buildings in the consultation paper for the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RH... [more]
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