Heat Pumps Today

03 CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai www.acrjournal.uk/heat-pumps JUNE/JULY 2023 www.acrjournal.uk/heat-pumps ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLERS ISSUE 14 IS E 2 21 U I I I I Highpopularity for the thiseventmeans that theentry deadlinehasbeenbrought forward – enterby 16th July THE MIDLAND HOTEL MANCHESTER 20th October 2021 2021 10th To book and enter NOW visit www.acrjournal.uk/information/national-acr-heat-pump-awards HPTCover.indd 1 19/05/2021 11:06 DATE FOR YOUR DIARY The Midland manchester 22nd JUNE 2023 2023 RaisingthestandardsinAirConditioningDistribution www.cdlweb.info JUNJUL23Cover.indd 1 5 3 6 1 Editor Juliet Loiselle CompCIPHE/MInstR Julietl@warnersgroup.co.uk Multimedia Sales Executive Victoria Liddington 01778 395029 victoria.liddington@warnersgroup.co.uk Editorial Design Ady Braddock Advertising Design Amanda Clare Production Sue Ward 01778 392405 production@warnersgroup.co.uk Publisher Juliet Loiselle CompCIPHE/MInstR 01778 391067 julietl@warnersgroup.co.uk Published by: Warners Group Publications Plc The Maltings, West Street, Bourne, Lincs, PE10 9PH 01778 391000 01778 394748 www.warnersgroup.co.uk © Copyright 2023 PRINTED BY WARNERS 01778 395111 Finally! Summer has arrived. I don’t know about you but I always find folk are in a much better frame of mind when the sun is shining. Loving the positivity! This issue of Heat Pumps Today includes a plethora of valuable information. Our contributors have provided a combination of heavily technical articles plus some encouraging training updates and news. Visit page 10 for debunking heat pump myths. Richard Warry looks at the benefits of CO 2 heat pumps on page 12. Clade Engineering are revealing how commercial heat pumps can accelerate Net Zero targets for the NHS on page 17. National ACR & Heat Pumps list of finalists are shown on page 4. The Heat Pumps Today team would like to congratulate all those who reached the shortlist and very best of luck to those attending on the night. This year’s event, being held at the Midland Hotel, Manchester on the 22nd of June, has SOLD OUT again. Reserve your places for 13th of June 2024 by contacting Hayley.comey@warnersgroup.co.uk Installer Live – we have a stand and shall be there for the full 3 days. Please pass by to say hello and/or share any news/updates you may have. Juliet E D I T O R / C O N T E N T S CONTENTS 06 Industry News – keep up to date with the latest Heat Pump news 10 Debunking Heat Pump Myths – Dr. Jan Rosenow takes them on one by one. Commercial Heat Pumps 12 CO 2 Heat Pumps – Richard Warry looks at the growing commercial heat pump market 17 NHS set aggressive goal – Tim Rook shares how Heat Pumps can accelerate the NHS’s road to Net Zero targets IoT 20 The IoT of things – Griff Tomas from GTEC looks at improvements in domestic heating controls District Heating 22 The heat is on – District heating networks are not a new invention Training 25 Heat pump for existing buildings – Looking at why engineers/ consultants should fully explore heat pumps before moving to a gas system. 26 Heat pumps can be part of something bigger – says BESA’s Director of Training & Skills Training news 28 GTEC partners with Highland College, Vaillant expands training offering, Installers urged to grasp the opportunity, Hundreds flock to STIEBEL ELTRON What's New? 30 Latest updates for new products & services Advertorial 31 Hydratech introduce Services division to provide expert support for heat pump systems