HEAT PUMPS


Reducing emissions


years , people around the globe are pressurising governments to do more to help residents combat climate change. Tony Nielsen, UK marketing manager for Panasonic, discusses the current challenging issues.


With carbon dioxide levels (CO2 T


he Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has made it clear that the most cost- effective way to deliver the country’s


legally binding carbon targets, is “to ensure all new heating systems from 2035 are low carbon.”


Baroness Brown, Chair of the CCC,


commented in a report in February 2019 that “UK homes are largely unprepared for climate change. The government has an opportunity to act and there must be compliance with stated building designs and standards.” Simply put, there is no way in which the UK


can meet the legally-binding climate change targets that Parliament has determined, unless we begin improving on residential housing emissions, and apply the measures outlined in Dame Judith Hackitt’s final report 3. The UK government has proposed a


consultation for future support via a new grant-based incentive scheme, the ‘Clean Heat Grant’. The scheme proposed will be open for UK consumers on all low carbon heating systems and for those wishing to replace fossil fuel boilers with heat pumps. Grants will be available for heat pump installations on a flat rate grant scheme of £4,000 for systems up to 45kW and with a minimum SCOP of 2.8. This scheme would replace the current RHI scheme and would be introduced in April 2022 and run for two years until April 2024.[1] The government hopes the new scheme will drive consumer demand for heat pumps and encourage new installers into the market. It takes time for the planet to respond linger in the


to change, gases such as CO2


atmosphere for hundreds of years. Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today and switched to low carbon solutions such as heat


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lack of resources, knowledge and funds – this needs to change. Therefore, in a recent CCC report, it has advised government that by 2025 at the latest, no new homes should be connected to the gas grid and all low-carbon energy (such as heat pumps) will replace current gas-driven appliances. Panasonic is dedicated to produce a solution for this issue and supports a more environmentally friendly approach.


The average household in the UK emits 2.7 tonnes of CO2


every year from heating


pumps, global warming would continue to happen for several more decades. However, many companies are working to


bring alternative technologies to market, to provide housebuilders, housing associations, and consumers alike with renewable technologies for efficient and cost-effective heating and cooling. There have been considerable efforts to adapt the UK’s housing stock to help lower the impacts of the changing climate, but local authorities are not acting on these due to a


alone. Switching to air to water heat pumps to provide heating to our homes could help lower housing emissions significantly, plus residents can save up to 50% on their fuel bills. Air to water heat pumps are the future for the housing sector and an essential step in challenging the climate change problem. A further way to help lower emissions and reduce energy consumption, is by providing useful performance data to remote PCs, tablets and smartphones that can access, control and maintain heating and cooling systems remotely. This data can be stored in the cloud and made readily available for analysis to improve energy management. The increased accessibility of the system can improve maintenance and repair regimes, as well as helping end-users reduce their costs and energy consumption. We are only beginning to see what is possible with innovative heating and cooling solutions. The aim is to provide end-users with a comfortable, simple, productive heating and cooling solutions with minimal impact to the environment to help lower emissions and the future impact on the environment.


) at the highest they have been in 650,000


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