INDUSTRY NEWS


STREET-BY-STREET BID TO OVERCOME HEAT PUMP CHALLENGES


A


consortium led by Samsung Research UK has been awarded £3.2 million for the Clean Heat Streets project in Oxford City, as part


of the UK government’s Heat Pump Ready funding programme. Oxford has an ambition to become a Net Zero


carbon city by 2040 – 10 years ahead of the Government’s targets. To achieve this, tackling Oxford’s building emissions is key. As buildings are responsible for roughly 60% of emissions, it has been identified that over 30,000 air source heat pumps need to be installed across the city by 2040. The Clean Heat Streets project aims to explore how key barriers to heat pump uptake can be overcome by exploring solutions on a street-by-street basis, rather than an individual home approach. Tim Bailey, head of energy innovation at Samsung


Research UK, commented: “To move from niche to mass adoption of heat pumps we need lots of organisations to work together to build the trust in the technology within local communities. We are delighted to be leading a consortium to install heat pumps at a high density in selected neighbourhoods


IMPRESSIVE COMEBACK FOR ISH 2023


T


angible solutions for achieving climate protection goals in the building sector were the focus of the ISH in Frankfurt am Main this


month.


The ISH made an impressive return as a mega industry after a four-year break. The event welcomed 153,734 visitors from 154 countries eager to find out about the future of the heating transition in the building sector and sustainable water supply. Wolfgang Marzin, chairman of the board of management of Messe Frankfurt said: “ISH more than fulfilled the expectations of our customers and came at just the right time to meet the challenges of our time such as climate protection and security of supply. The industry presented tangible solutions for the current political requirements, so that the installing trade, as the strongest visitor group, also benefited.”


A total of 2,025 exhibitors from 54 countries occupied the entire Frankfurt exhibition grounds


and showed the latest developments for the heating market, air conditioning and ventilation technology, intelligent home and building automation. As an important component of the energy


transition, heat pumps, wood as an energy source and alternative forms of storage were of particular importance. Further topics of interest were the shortage of skilled workers in the sanitary, heating and air conditioning. Innovative ventilation systems and touch-free


fittings, which are gaining in importance in the wake of the pandemic, were on the agenda. In the extensive


event programme of the fair, the most important trends were presented and discussed by experts. Around 154,000 visitors, 44 per cent of them from


abroad, found their way to the exhibition halls. After Germany, the major visitor countries included the Netherlands, Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium, China, Great Britain, Poland, Austria and Turkey. According to a Messe Frankfurt survey, 94 per cent of visitors saw their trade fair visit goals achieved and 96 per cent were satisfied with the range of exhibits. Some 52 per cent of the visitors expect the economic situation in the industry to improve.


The project builds upon the work of a six-month


feasibility study which developed an innovative local area energy mapping approach to identify suitable homes for installing heat pumps and explored the key barriers to heat pump uptake in the Rose Hill area of Oxford. As part of the project, local heat pump experts, Alto Energy, have designed a customer journey and a supply chain, working with Samsung Climate Solutions, to create a more streamlined approach. By working to streamline the installation process,


in Oxford, and hope implementing our research will continue to grow the take up of heat pumps in the future.”


and through the economies-of-scale inherent in a street-by-street approach, the Clean Heat Streets project will be able to offer a lower installation cost to the homeowner. It will also explore how a large number of heat pumps can be installed within a particular area without causing problems to the network– for example, by causing very high peaks in demand for electricity on winter evenings. The project is working closely with the local Electricity Distribution Network operator (SSEN) to ensure smooth connection processes and avoidance of any network management issues.


6 April 2023


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