Heat Pumps Today

Info www.heatpumpready.org.uk www.acrjournal.uk/heat-pumps 13 C A R B O N T R U S T the installation process, and to ensure the heat pump is set-up to work optimally for their home. By working to streamline the installation process, and through the economies- of-scale inherent in a street-by-street approach, the Clean Heat Streets project will be able to oer a lower installation cost to the homeowner. The project will use Smart Taris combined with smart scheduling to show how heat pumps can be used to save money on energy bills compared with gas heating. It will also work with the Distribution Network Operator (SSEN) to 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. By reducing the upfront and running costs, Clean Heat Streets aims to provide an answer to the common question: “why should I get a heat pump if getting a new gas boiler is easier and cheaper?” Bristol ° Location category: Urban ° Project title: Bristol Heat Pump Ready ° Lead organisation: Bristol City Council ° Contract value: £2,925,450.72 ° Project partners: Centre for Sustainable Energy and The Green Register ° Project subcontractors: Buro Happold, Veritherm, Build Test Solutions, Sustainable Westbury on Trym, Bristol Energy Network and CIG Consultants Project overview Bristol Heat Pump Ready is a collaborative initiative to develop a UK wide approach to stimulate mass uptake of heat pumps and deliver on our national carbon targets, but with a local focus. The outputs will ensure aordability, quality and confidence. It will develop a service model which is fully replicable UK-wide. New approaches to establishing the right product for the right home will be developed. Innovative planning using the latest in digital twin technology will help enable our electricity networks to be readied for the transition to a zero carbon future. New methods of training will be developed to encourage and support the development of a skilled workforce in the supply chain which will create jobs. Community engagement will be at the heart of our approach bringing the industry to the consumer and ensuring consumers have everything they need to make the decisions they need to, in decarbonising their homes. Fenland, Cambridgeshire ° Location category: Rural ° Project title: PACE Financing for Heat Pumps in Rural Cambridgeshire ° Lead organisation: City Science Corporation Limited ° Contract value: £1,815,391.09 ° Project partners: Peterborough Environment City Trust, Cambridgeshire County Council and Fenland District Council ° Project subcontractors: Lendology, Growth Guides and UK Power Networks Project overview The project known as “Heat Pump Ready” in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, aims to take a holistic approach to heat pump deployment by improving all stages of the consumer journey from initial awareness through to aftercare. It is a local authority backed approach which will build trust with consumers. It will have an innovative financing oering to help overcome the high upfront cost of heat pumps, and a seamless web platform that eliminates barriers to uptake. The platform will streamline the consumer journey by providing a single point of call for guidance, arranging a suitability survey and booking the heat pump installation. Key activities include developing and building the web platform, conducting hyper-local customer engagement, procuring a team of coordinated installers and service providers, and working with the local Distribution Network Operator (DNO) to develop new processes to enable the bulk connection approval of heat pumps. Cherwell, Oxfordshire ° Location category: Urban with significant rural ° Project title: Prosumer Model for Heat Pump Deployment in Cherwell ° Lead organisation: City Science Corporation Limited ° Contract value: £1,799,245.11 ° Project partners: Oxford County Council, National Energy Foundation and Scottish and Southern Electricity Network ° Project subcontractors: Growth Guides, Lendology and TrustMark Project overview The project known as “Heat Pump Ready” in Cherwell, Oxfordshire aims to take a holistic approach to heat pump deployment. It is based on a community-focused prosumer model approach to energy generation, alongside an innovative finance oering and a seamless One Stop Shop service that eliminates barriers to uptake. Key activities include developing and building a digital One Stop Shop for energy e¦ciency that combines heat pumps, onsite generation and retrofit. The project also employs a hyper-local customer engagement strategy, will procure a team of coordinated installers and service providers, and works with the local Distribution Network Operator (DNO) to develop new processes to enable the bulk approval of heat pumps. The Heat Pump Ready programme is funded by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero as part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). Research, collaboration and knowledge sharing is managed by the Carbon Trust with support from IPSOS and Technopolis.