This week, I was contacted by someone living in a 200m^2 new build house, equipped with a 4 kW Mitsubishi CO2 heat pump. Despite the advanced setup, he was uncomfortably...
Water boils at 100°C, as everyone knows. Inside the water, there are numerous molecules moving rapidly, similar to ping pong balls in motion. The hotter the water, the faster they...
I spend my days talking to homeowners about improving the efficiency of their houses. Everyone has heard about “fabric first,” but I thought I would address a few misconceptions....
If you’re a reader of The Mail or The Telegraph, scroll on because this is going to ruin your day. A couple of years ago, I retired from heat pumps,...
You might want to grab a cold drink from the fridge for this one; it’s going to be emotional. Some might ask, “How did that beer get cold, and where...
If you’ve ever installed a Samsung heat pump, or come to think of it a Midea or a Hitachi, you will note one similarity. When you set up your weather...
If you have listened to the news recently you will be aware that energy is horribly expensive in the UK. Today electricity is £0.283 a kWh and gas is £0.074...
There are only a couple of rules that actually make any sense, mostly because they were not written by politicians. The one I want to explore today is the theoretical...
I was speaking to someone from BEIS and they said something that made me think: “If we make power from renewable sources, does efficiency really matter?” As a heat pump...