On the 12 June Business Green awards in London, warmth pump specialist Kensa Contracting picked up the Renewable Vitality Mission of the 12 months accolade for its retrofit mission for Thurrock Council, which noticed Networked Warmth Pumps put in in 273 high-rise social housing flats.
Half-funded by Wave 1 of the Authorities’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), the flagship mission, delivered by Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council, noticed ageing electrical storage heaters throughout three tower blocks in Thurrock, Essex, changed with extremely environment friendly, low-carbon networked floor supply warmth pumps.
Since completion, the mission has reduce residents’ power payments by as much as 66%lifting many out of gas poverty and enabling them to warmth their properties correctly. Changing electrical storage heaters, which price some residents 1000’s of kilos a 12 months to run, with Kensa’s compact Shoebox warmth pumps can be anticipated to scale back carbon emissions by 70%.
Networked Warmth Pumps encompass floor supply warmth pumps put in in particular person properties, whether or not flats, terraced streets, or new-build properties, linked to a shared community of underground pipework. This gives every property with low-cost, renewable heating, sizzling water, and cooling.
Putting in this resolution in 273 Thurrock flats set a blueprint for utilizing SHDF funding to interchange inefficient heating in social housing with Networked Warmth Pumps. From creating new inexperienced native jobs to offering the Council with a long-lasting renewable heating system, the mission delivered a number of advantages throughout the group.
With £1.2bn obtainable this summer time via SHDF Wave 3social housing suppliers can apply for funding to make power effectivity enhancements of their properties, together with replacing inefficient heating systems.
Talking concerning the heating system, Thurrock resident Diane Barr mentioned:
“The heat pump is much warmer, and the hot water is so fast compared to the old system. Plus it’s so cheap – I pay around £21 a week, and that’s with doing the washing, using the tumble-drier and dehumidifier. With the storage heaters, it cost around £70 a week, and I only used to have the heating on in three rooms, and the hot water ran out pretty quickly, so we couldn’t have a shower.”
After receiving the award, Sustainability Director at Kensa ContractingIeman Barmaki, mentioned:
“It’s good for this mission to obtain the Enterprise Inexperienced Renewable Vitality Mission of the 12 months award. We’re extremely happy with this set up; it’s made an enormous enchancment to folks’s lives, it’s lowered power payments and given residents a heating system they’ll afford to make use of.
“Networked heat pumps present an ideal solution to decarbonise complex properties like high-rise tower blocks. We’ve delivered this renewable heating system to over 1,700 high-rise social housing flats, giving long-lasting benefits for the housing providers, the residents, the community and the environment.”
