BOILERS, PUMPS, VALVES & PIPES
When the team looked in-depth at heat pumps,
AN EDUCATION IN HEAT PUMPS
Ysgol Tir Morfa Community School in Rhyl, NorthWales, is reducing carbon emissions thanks to ECOMOD heat pumps from Ideal Heating Commercial
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n 2019, Denbighshire County Council voted to become carbon neutral by 2030. The council
identified that in the financial year 2021/22, its own buildings accounted for 62% of direct corporate carbon emissions. As a result, it has been assessing all its properties for opportunities to decrease carbon emissions, with amove away from fossil fuel based heating being a top priority. As a relatively new build with underfloor heating
already in place, Ysgol Tir Morfa Community School in Rhyl, North Wales, was identified as a property that could easily transition to heat pumps.
EFFICIENT HEATING Ysgol Tir Morfa Community School is an additional
learning needs school for boys and girls aged from three to 18. The school is split across three areas, with the newest part now being heated by two Ideal Heating Commercial 32kW ECOMODmonobloc air source heat pumps. These have been installed outside the boiler house running in cascade into a 500 litre buffer. ECOMOD come with aminimum A++ Energy related Products (ErP) efficiency rating and high co-efficient of performance (COP) rating of up to 4.85. R32 refrigerant ensures a low global warming potential (GWP).
they understood that the unit cost of electricity is more expensive than gas. But, they knew they could offset this with renewable energy to make it a lot more economical. As a result, two separate solar photovoltaic arrays (solar PV) have been installed at the school, along with a 10.2kW solar PV battery to store any excess generation. As part of the support offered to Denbighshire County Council for this installation, Ideal Heating Commercial provided local company GGS Heating with training to enable them to successfully install heat pumps, thus upskilling the local supply chain. Gareth O’Loughlin of GGS Heating has been pleasantly surprised by just how easy it has proven: “Installing the ECOMOD heat pumps has been generally no different to installing the systemwith gas boilers. They both work in generally the same way. It’s just how the heat is derived that’s the difference from the gas. I’d definitely recommend Ideal products and their commercial side of it especially. We’ve had nothing but help. We’ve always found them easy to work with and the technical teams helpful.”
CARBON NEUTRALITY Denbighshire County Council is pleased with the new heating system in operation at Ysgol Tir Morfa, which takes themone step further forward in their journey to become carbon neutral. Cllr Barry Mellor, lead
A STEP TOWARDS
member for Environment and Transport at Denbighshire County Council, commented: “It’s been absolutely brilliant. I hadn’t seen heat pumps before. Seeing them work here, knowing that this is going to give us heating for the school, and being
Denbighshire County Council’s Property Section Energy Team is responsible for the work to reduce carbon emissions from council buildings, as well as increasing the amount of renewable energy installed in Denbighshire.
able to store the electricity from the roof so it doesn’t go to the grid, it is ideal.”
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