Air to Water Heat Pumps

Air source heat pumps have the potential to reduce a home's CO2 emissions by up to 50%.

An air to water heat pump is just a chiller working in reverse. Just like every other fridge system it has a compressor, in most cases inverter driven. The evaporator is the coil outside dragging heat out of the air and the condensor coil is submerged in a water heat exchanger. All the heat gathered from outside is used to warm the water which we use for heating the sanitary hot water and domestic heating loop.

Some of the many outstanding benefits of Air to Water heat pumps are:

• 30-50% reduction in CO2 emissions
• Helps to achieve Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes
• Easy to install - self contained unit only requiring water and electric connections
• No gas supply, flues or ventilation required
• No need for groundwork or external pumps
• Single phase power supply with a low starting current
• 3 phase option available (14kw)
• Low running costs
• Low maintenance
• Even higher running cost savings and CO2 reductions with under floor heating systems
• Designed for domestic use
• Low noise - market leading 45dBA at 1 meter
• Reduced VAT to 5% for domestic applications

That's it: no surprises, no witchcraft, nothing really that clever. Why some bright spark decided to call them air-to-water heat pumps is a mystery - they are simply heat pump chillers. The air to water heat pump is designed to replace the conventional boiler found in houses or commercial premises. If you have an old boiler that fails or needs replacing, you can install one of these systems in its place. Just disconnect the old boiler and connect the heat pump in its place using the same pipework, radiators, hot water tank, thermostatic valves, zone valves and controls.

We have installed air to water heat pumps throughout the West Midlands, Worcestershire and Shropshire, in Kidderminster, Bewdley, Stourport, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Redditch, Worcester, Birmingham, Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Cradley heath, Oldbury, Lye, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth, Telford, Shrewsbury, and many other places.