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Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)
A ground source heat pump, supplied and installed by the SME Energy Centre, is a renewable heating system that extracts low-temperature solar energy stored in the ground or water using buried pipework and compresses this energy into a higher temperature. A ground source heat pump provides a building with 100% of its heating and hot water all year round.
You could be eligible for a 0% VAT rate for domestic purchases of heat pumps. 0% VAT is available to homeowners until 31st March 2027.
How do Ground Source Heat Pumps Work?
Heat naturally flows from warmer to cooler places. A ground source heat pump exploits these physics by circulating a cold fluid through ground array pipework in the ground or water. It absorbs low-grade surrounding energy from external heat sources, such as rock, soil, lakes and streams.
The ground source heat pump then compresses and condenses this free energy to a higher temperature, and transfers it to the property’s heating and hot water system.
Having surrendered the absorbed energy from the ground to the heat pump, the fluid continues its circuit back to the submerged pipework to commence the cycle all over again.
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The all new Shoebox NS and Eco Ground Source Heat Pumps
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Ideal for: Flats, apartments, new builds and networked heat pump schemes.
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Ideal for: Medium to large homes
