HEATING, VENTILATION & AIR CONDITIONING FOCUS 69
HEAT PUMPS: OUR LOW CARBON FUTURE
Now is the time to act and start changing the way we heat and cool our homes. Paul Taylor of Panasonic discusses the signifi cant role that heat pumps can play in helping to reduce emissions, energy consumption and costs.
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ecarbonisation is high on the agenda as developers look to lower carbon emissions from homes, with the average eco-home design capable of cutting energy bills by 30%. Today’s air source heat pumps are reliable, quiet in operation and highly energy effi cient when compared to oil-fi red boilers or electric heaters and can play a large part in lowering carbon emissions. Further effi ciencies can also be achieved when systems are linked to smart controllers to produce signifi cant savings for heating and domestic hot water (DHW) provision.
Manufacturers are currently increasing their range of sustainable energy solutions designed for residential applications. One example is the air-to-water heat pumps, these heat pumps, together with smart remote controls, monitoring, fault diagnosis and rectifi cation technology, can provide a comprehensive and energy effi cient solution minimising
carbon emissions while maintaining occupant comfort.
SMART CONTROLS
Smart cloud-based solutions can remotely monitor the suction and discharge pressure of a heat pump unit to help reduce system downtime, thus ensuring that they have a heating, cooling and hot water system that suits their individual daily needs.
Cloud controls have been introduced to the industry to enable direct communication between heat pump units and controllers. This integration allows building owners and portfolio managers to view all their heating and cooling units anytime and from anywhere via a single interface and via mobile devices such as tablet, mobile or laptop, plus delivers actionable real time insights to help reduce energy consumption and drive savings.
Using this smart technology, users
can access a detailed breakdown of the system’s energy consumption from 60 minutes to seven days and schedule the settings to ensure a constant and comfortable temperature throughout. This can help end users compare space utilisation and adjust the system so that energy is not wasted. It is crucial for installers to draw attention to this added value that a smart control system can offer these incredible benefi ts from the IoT revolution.
By optimising a systems operation with remote monitoring in this way, it is possible to extend the life of the heat pump unit, thanks to status updates and preventive maintenance, ensuring a positive return on investment. Operational costs can also be improved with the advanced, pre-programmed settings, the ability to fi x yearly scheduling, energy saving modes, see statistics, permit tailored access to different users and more which deliver advanced energy savings.
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