Dimplex has all the solutions for energy saving at this year’s Ecobuild (3-5 March), with a wide range of products for both domestic and commercial situations on show. To help visitors view the products most useful for their requirements, the Dimplex stand is helpfully divided into areas focusing on the Code for Sustainable Homes at levels 3 and level 4, social housing refit and non-domestic installations.
Code level 3 can be easily achieved using either conventional modern electric systems, with their high levels of control, combined with a contribution from renewable sources, such as solar thermal water heating or heat pumps. On display will be the DuoHeat electric radiator and Monterey panel heater, plus water heating solutions including the SCx unvented cylinder and Ascari boiler. Renewable solutions to view will include ground and air source heat pumps and Dimplex’s solar thermal water heating system.
For specifiers already working to level 4 of the Code, heat pumps can dramatically cut a property’s carbon emissions (up to 50 percent less than a comparable gas system), and can be used as a communal system in multi-occupancy properties like flats or as a single unit per property for homes. Heat pumps offer running costs future proofed against increasing energy prices, 25 years+ life span and minimal servicing/maintenance.
For social housing refit, heat pumps are ideal for reducing carbon emissions and cutting today’s fuel bills, as well as insulating organisations from further price rises. Dimplex is one of only three suppliers of ground source heat pumps able to offer access to the grants under LCBP2, also known as the public sector stream. Not-for-profit organisations can receive funding for up to 50 percent of capital and installation costs of this renewable heating technology, but with the scheme drawing to a close mid-2009 for new applications, visitors need to get up to speed now.
Non-domestic solutions are also on display. An initial study from the Carbon Trust in collaboration with Dimplex shows that using air curtains can save up to 33 percent of HVAC running costs, by keeping treated air inside and separate from the draughts and chills of the external environment. With outputs up to 130kW available, heat pumps are also ideal for commercial installations, allowing schools, leisure facilities, retail premises and offices to enjoy the benefits of low cost, low carbon heat.
For more details on the Code for Sustainable Homes, Low Carbon Buildings Programme Phase 2, complying with Part L, a wide selection of case studies and a range of other issues affecting the heating industry, talk to our experts on stand 1845 at Ecobuild or click on www.dimplex.co.uk.