Ground source heat pumps save you money they run on clean electricity and a correctly designed installation will provide your heating and hot water for less than with oil or gas. The high efficiency of a ground source heat pump also means a significant saving on carbon emissions, a heat pump will produce much less CO2e than an ordinary boiler because it uses less energy to create the heat.

A ground source heat pump will save money on your fuel bills, how much money you will save depends on what fuel you are currently using and how well the system is designed. The efficiency of the system changes as the temperature of the collected (incoming) heat changes and the temperature of the heat output changes.

A ground source heat pump runs best with a source temperature above 4˚ and an output temperature less than or equal to 35˚C. At these sort of temperatures it is able to provide up to 6 kWh of heat for one kWh of electricity which means the savings can be significant running a ground source heat pump.

• Save Money
• Cut CO2
• Annoy the energy companies with your cheaper bills!

With a ground source heat pump the heat is absorbed in the collecting circuit from the water in the ground loop each time it goes through the heat pump. The heat taken from the water during its passage through the heat pump is replaced by absorption from the ground surrounding the pipes. This ground in turn is warmed up again by transferring heat from the area all around and below. This heat originally comes from the warmth of the sun, to get any significant heat from the centre of the earth the pipes would have to go much deeper in the ground. A ground source heat pump is still often referred to as a geothermal heat pump.