Ground Source Utilities Service
The Ground Source Utilities Service funding mechanism is designed to support shared ground loop heat pump programmes.
Shared Ground Loop Arrays (SGLAs) unlocks funding mechanisms through Ground Source Utilities Service to encourage the wide scale adoption of ground source heat pumps at zero-cost to the client, Shared Ground Loop Arrays (SGLAs) are an award-winning and pioneering approach to District and Communal Heating without the drawbacks of traditional Heat Network systems. The design allows property owners and developers of two or more dwellings to realise the full potential of ground source heat pumps for both new builds and existing housing stock, attracting external funding opportunities for fully funded ground arrays and ultra-low cost heat pumps.
What Are Shared Ground Loop Arrays?
Shared Ground Loop Arrays (SGLAs) are a form of ultra-low temperature Heat Network for use with Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pumps.
Mimicking a traditional gas framework, a series of ground arrays, typically boreholes, are linked together to form a shared ground loop array acting as a heat energy source to multiple properties.
The shared ground loop system transfers low grade heat energy from the ground to individual Shoebox ground source heat pumps located inside each individual dwelling.
Each Shoebox ground source heat pump then upgrades the ground’s heat energy to provide independently controllable heat and hot water to the property.
Lower Your Bills
As a company solely dedicated to the design and manufacture of Ground Source units Kensa are a truly specialised company, they have a team of design engineers to assist with any technical needs required, a large manufacturing team that is always happy to look at any specific changes we may need to make to suit New Zealand installations, a national contracting company in the UK with years of installation experience should we need advice on any specific set up and an ever helpful administration team to make exports and logistics trouble free.
Independent Billing
Each heat pump is wired to its own electricity supply, providing end users with complete heating control and freedom to shop around for energy deals, whilst also negating issues of split-billing. The system is therefore exempt from the Heat Metering & Billing Regulations (2015).
Passive Cooling
As the cold side infrastructure of the ambient Shared Ground Loop Array extends all of the way to each dwelling, it is simple to add free passive cooling to the system
No Plant Room
Decentralised Shoebox Heat Pumps – individual heat pumps installed inside each dwelling – negate the use of plant rooms or large heat pumps on the roof of the building or balcony creating a much more aesthetic building.
No Heat Losses
As each individual heat pump generates heat at the point of use, due to the ambient temperature being circulated through the distribution pipework, the system suffers no heat losses nor contributes to over-heating.
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