Why do we put feet under heat pumps?
A few weeks ago I bumped into two legends of the heat pump industry. We will call them Jon Bon Johnnie and Leopold. The names have been changed to protect...
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Weather compensation and heat pumps: the verdict
I wanted to take a closer look at weather compensation and heat pumps and see what effect it has on the running costs of a heat pump. Excuse my questioning...
Simple radiator sizing for heat pumps
There is a lot of rubbish that’s said when it comes to radiator sizing for heat pumps. There shouldn’t be – it’s really not that hard. Back when the RHI...
Why don’t we revise the subsidies to get people off gas?
We are all supposed to be moving away from fossil fuels and into renewable sources of energy. That ultimately means we need you to use electricity. Why electricity? Because it’s easy...
This is not a throttle
We have all been there. You get home and the house is a bit cold. Someone (I’m not pointing any fingers) goes to the thermostat and winds it up to...
Does having a heat pump automatically make you green?
If you have been watching the news over the last few months you might have noticed that electricity and gas prices have started to soar. Lots of people are panicking,...
The Graham Hendra Awards
By now, if you’re a regular reader of my posts, you will know I’m a bit of an egomaniac so it won’t surprise you that I thought I would hold...
How does an air source heat pump work?
Graham Hendra explains, in his unique way, how an air source heat pump works, and how every household in the UK already has a heat pump....
A brief history heat pumps
The history of heat pumps can be traced back to the early 1800s, when scientists first began to explore the properties of gases. In 1824, French physicist Sadi Carnot published...
When is a kW not a kW?
As an industry we don't do very much to convince people that we are not a bunch of liars. If a homeowner wants a heat pump the first hurdle is...
