Heat Pumps Today

07 N E W S Samsung Leads Innovative ‘Heat Pump Ready’ Neighbourhood Roll Out in Oxford The innovative Clean Heat Streets project to install up to 150 heat pumps in Rose Hill, Oxford, ultimately aims to create a more streamlined approach to installations through establishing a network of skilled installers, as well as saving time, money, and resources to encourage more people to adopt heat pump technology. A consortium led by Samsung Research UK has been awarded £3.35million for the Clean Heat Streets project in Oxford City, as part of the UK government’s Heat Pump Ready funding programme. The consortium consists of Oxford City Council, University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, Oxfordshire County Council, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), GenGame, Passiv UK, local heat pump experts, Alto Energy and Rose Hill and IŒey Low Carbon group. This is funded through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. 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 o”er 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. This project is looking for households from the following streets areas within Rose Hill: Courtland Road, Annesley Road, West View Tree Lane, Sheepway Court, Bears Hedge, Hunsdon Road, Abberbury Avenue, Rowney Place, Abberbury Road, Spencer Crescent, Dashwood Road, Ashhurst Way, Fiennes Road, Jersey Road, St. Martins Road and Asquith Road. Any type of tenure will be accepted, and if you are interested in taking part and live in this area please visit: www.cleanheatstreets.com or email: info@cleanheatstreets.com www.acrjournal.uk/heat-pumps BEAMA releases its latest underfloor heating efficiency test results BEAMA’s Underfloor Heating Group has released the latest results from its collaboration on the BEIS DEEP project at Salford University Energy House, providing further evidence that lower flow temperatures can support heat sources to operate more eŸciently. The tests are conducted on response times of various underfloor systems with the key aim of providing BRE and SAP, with figures reflecting current installation practices. The test site in Salford University allows for laboratory-level monitoring of the system and room temperatures over current SAP standard time profiles. The data is derived from tests of three typical underfloor heating construction types in line with BS EN 1264. The data analysed so far has shown that response times of all floor constructions significantly improved on the current SAP assumptions for underfloor heating systems – coupled with the figures to prove that lower flow temperatures also result in the more eŸcient operation of the heat source. www.beama.org.uk/portfolios/underfloor-heating1