photo credit: geezaweezer A Scottish renewable energy expert urged local communities to make an investment in their future energy security this week, as he unveiled a new financing model for such schemes as hydro power and ground source heat pumps. Doug Prentice, a lecturer in renewable energy finance at Napier University and the chief executive [...]
Residents of properties in England, Scotland and Wales will be able to apply from today for a new round of payments under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme. The scheme is overseen by the Energy Saving Trust, and offers subsidies for residents or businesses seeking to increase their energy-efficiency and assist the national switch to [...]
A Cambridge company recently took home the gong for Best Development at the Sustain Magazine Awards, thanks to its pioneering project which made excellent use of energy-efficiency, carbon reduction and underfloor heating. Hill Partnerships and Cambridge and County Developments was celebrating this week after its building at Richard Newcombe Court, in the city’s Histon Road [...]
Continue Reading →Planning gone mad?
A client today told me that they might not be able to include an Air Source Heat Pump onto their new home as the outdoor unit exceeded 0.6cbm in size! This is a unit 1400mm wide by 1400mm high with near silent operation! The planners may enforce the original application and the client may need [...]
Continue Reading →Heating Home from Home (Or from Away!)
Terra Therma has successfully installed and commissioned a Daikin Altherma Air Source Heat Pump system coupled to our innovative Wood 22 structural routed Underfloor heating system at a weekend home in Southwold, Suffolk. The home is a weekend retreated for a busy London professional with exacting standards. Being a home from home control was important [...]
Continue Reading →Renewable Heat Premium Payment extension
Under our MCS accreditation Terra Therma continues to path the way for domestic clients to access the government grants from the extended Renewable Heat Premium Payment Phase 2 of the scheme is structured in order to ensure installations are able to metered and monitored an after thought from phase 1. Terra Therma is accredited for [...]
Continue Reading →Press fit plumbing “Press and forget”
Terra Therma is a major distributor of the LK Systems AB multi layer press fit plumbing system. Developed in Scandinavia one of the strictest counties in terms of plumbing installation standards. Along with the built in leak indication system and the pipe in pipe option from manifold to outlet all leading to the most secure [...]
Continue Reading →Overlay Underfloor Heating solutions
Terra Therma continues to design, supply and install its EPS16 overlay panel. The key selling point and unique quality is it’s high compressive strength. Unlike other overlay systems this can be used with both floating wood floor finishes as well as tiled directly over!! Unlike other overlay systems able to receive a tile directly the [...]
Continue Reading →National Heat Pump Awards Honour Renewable Energy Commitments
The finalists for the National Heat Pump Awards 2012 were announced today, in the second year of the awards competition that aims to reward companies which have proven their dedication to energy-efficiency and the use of renewable energy. Organised by the publishers of Heat Pumps Today and ACR Today magazines, the awards’ finalists this year [...]
Continue Reading →Cambridge Readies for Open Eco-Homes Event
photo credit: Metro Centric The city of Cambridge is preparing to host its third annual Open Eco-Homes event, organised by local energy-efficiency charity Cambridge Carbon Footprint. During the event, some 25 properties in Cambridge will be opening their doors to the public and showing off the various features that make them truly green – features [...]
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