On the 12 June Enterprise Inexperienced awards in London, warmth pump specialist Kensa Contracting picked up the Renewable Power 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 lower residents’ vitality payments by as a lot as 66%, lifting many out of gasoline poverty and enabling them to warmth their houses correctly. Changing electrical storage heaters, which price some residents 1000’s of kilos a yr to run, with Kensa’s compact Shoebox warmth pumps can also be anticipated to scale back carbon emissions by 70%.
Networked Warmth Pumps include floor supply warmth pumps put in in particular person properties, whether or not flats, terraced streets, or new-build houses, linked to a shared community of underground pipework. This supplies 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 accessible this summer season by SHDF Wave 3, social housing suppliers can apply for funding to make vitality effectivity enhancements of their properties, together with changing inefficient heating programs.
Talking in regards to 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 Contracting, Ieman Barmaki, mentioned:
“It’s good for this mission to obtain the Enterprise Inexperienced Renewable Power 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 vitality payments and given residents a heating system they will 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.”
