Heat pump energy efficient heating is as easy as EPC

A new app helps push true value of heat pumps

For all properties being built, sold or let, you now need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) which provides details on the energy performance of the property and shows what can be done to improve this performance.

For the renewable heating sector, an EPC report also forms the basis of determining how much financial support the homeowner could be eligible for under the government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

Yet in some situations, EPC reports are failing to correctly acknowledge the efficiency of renewable heating and give a negative rating of 1 or 2 stars against the ‘Water Heating’ element, which is simply incorrect for a well-designed and fitted heat pump.

This can send a mixed message and contrasts starkly with the ‘Main Heating’ section, which portrays the correct rating for heat pumps with 4 and 5 stars.

Easy peasey

That is why a new, simple tool has been designed to make the process easy to use and more precise.

The app is free for installers and simply asks for the Ecodan unit and cylinder that is on the site, with a given flow temperature range.

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source https://specifierreview.com/2019/04/25/heat-pump-energy-efficient-heating-epc/