UK Heat Pump Network News

1. News
   
   

• 1.0 Latest Issue of the Newsletter (Issue 8)
  

  Available from the publications section, it outlines the current status of the network, forecoming events and outputs of recent projects.

• 1.1 "Domestic Closed-loop GSHP systems: Design & Installation" GPG339
  
  This new Good Practice Guide
  
  "Domestic closed-loop GSHP systems: Design & Installation", GPG 339
  is now available as a pdf - see the web site below –
  
  www.est.co.uk/bestpractice
  
  The printed copy is available free from the Housing Energy Efficiency Best
  Practice Programme, by calling tel. 0845 120 7799 or by request to the
  above website.
  

• 1.2 New grant funding for domestic heat pumps
  New capital grant programmes, for community and household applications of
  renewable energy technologies, have been launched by Government. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the DTI has announced the ‘Clear Skies’ programme ( www.clear-skies.org ). This programme offers capital grant support for a range of renewable energy technologies (solar thermal, wind, hydro, wood pellet stoves and woodfuel boilers) including closed-loop
  ground-source heat pumps. ‘Clear Skies’ offers £1200 per installation for
  approved closed-loop, ground-source heat pumps.
  
  In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, this DTI programme is managed by
  BRE. In Scotland, under the auspices of the Scottish Executive, a parallel
  grant programme has been launched. Called the ‘Scottish Community Renewables
  Initiative’
  
  ( http://www.est.org.uk/scri/ ) the scope is very similar. SCRI is
  administered by the Energy Saving Trust in conjunction with Highlands &
  Islands Enterprise. For ‘SCRI’, ground-source heat pumps must operate on a
  ‘green electricity’ supply.
  
  See websites and New Grant Funding for Domestic Heat Pumps
  
  
• 1.3 UK Heat Pump Network - forward strategy

  As the strategy of the UK Heat Pump Network is being reviewed, the Network's Heat Pump Council met to consider the future. The following two documents set out the issues and summarise the current situation.
  
  • briefing note
  
  • notes of strategy meeting
  
  

• 1.4 IEA Heat Pump Programme - research collaboration opportunities

  The future content of the IEA Heat Pump Programme is currently being considered. The following note sets out the proposed scope and invites anyone interested to become involved.
  
  • IEA Heat Pump Programme
  
  

• 1.5"Achieving domestic Kyoto targets with building heat pumps in the UK"
  
  Jos Bouma, Director of the IEA Heat Pump Centre, presented the above paper at the 7th IEA Heat Pump Conference in Beijing, China in May 2002. It is made available here with his permission.
  
  • Achieving domestic Kyoto targets with building heat pumps in the UK
  
  

2. Notes and proceedings of Network events

• 2.1UK Heat Pump Network - annual conference
  
  - Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University
  - Tuesday 10th December 2002
  - sponsored by the Scottish Energy Efficiency Office
  
  The conference attracted 77 delegates and a report of the proceedings is
  attached here
  
  UK HPN Conference Report
  
  

• 2.2 The Domestic Applications Working Group has met a few times in the last few months. In the last meeting some of the main issues discussed included: 

steps to include ground-source heat pumps in SAP ratings and NHER; and provision of information for potential users; training and accreditation; market potential; new Good Practice report on ground-source heat pumps.

The chairman of the group is Roger Hitchin. (hitchinr@bre.co.uk).

Here are the minutes of recent meetings:

1. Notes of Eighth Meeting of the UK HPN, Domestic Applications Working Group (12 Feb. 2002)

2. Notes of Ninth Meeting of the UK HPN, Domestic Applications Working Group (30 April 2002).

3. Notes of Tenth Meeting of the UK HPN, Domestic Applications Working Group (3 July 2002).

4. Notes of Eleventh Meeting of the UK HPN, Domestic Applications Working Group (16 Sept. 2002).

5. Notes of Twelfth Meeting of UKHPN Domestic Applications Working Group (10 December 2002).
   
   

• 2.3"New Developments in Heat Pumps in Buildings"
  
  BRECSU supported three recent UK Heat Pump Network seminars at Cardiff (6 Feb.), Norwich (19 March) and Leeds (27 March). A variety of presentations discussed many types of heat pumps and applications.
  
  Most of the speakers' presentations are available here as .pdf files:

  Heat pumps for Housing

  Applications in Commercial Buildings

  Gas Engine Heat Pumps

  Dehumidification

  Ground-Source Heat Pumps
  

• 2.4 OPET heat pump seminar - "Heat Pumps in Scottish Buildings"
  
  This meeting promoted heat pumps as viable options for heating (and cooling) of buildings. Supported by the Scottish Energy Efficiency Office, the UK Heat Pump Network, and the European Commission’s OPETs in Sweden and Scotland, this free seminar was aimed at architects, building services engineers and building operators. Some 42 delegates took part.
  
  The seminar took place on Thursday 23 May at the Dunblane Hydro Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland. Contact maurice.millar@nifes.co.uk for further details.
  
  
  
  

3. Archive material with links

• 3.1. Workshop: Hands-On Experience with Heat Pumps in Buildings

  The International Energy Agency (IEA) Heat Pump Centre and the International Power Utility Heat Pump Committee (IPUHPC) held an international workshop "Hands-On Experience with Heat Pumps in Buildings", in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on 10-11 October 2001. This joint workshop was aimed at stimulating the qualitative and cost-effective application of heat pump technology in residences and commercial/institutional buildings by exchanging practical knowledge and know-how regarding design, realisation, operation, monitoring and marketing.

E-mail: hpc@heatpumpcentre.org

www.heatpumpcentre.org

• 3.2. International Conference : REFRIGERANT MANAGEMENT AND DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES OF CFC's

  Joint Conference of IIR Commissions B2 and B1 with E1 and E2. Also the Heat Pump Centre (HPC) hold the workshop Refrigerant Management and Regulations on the third day of the conference. At that occasion, the HPC presented the results of the TCP project on this subject (International Assessment).

  The conference was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. August 29-31, 2001.

  Contact: e-mail: r-conference@fsb.hr. The conference web site is: http://www.fsb.hr/r-conference

• 3.3. 2nd International Heat Powered Cycles conference

  The 2nd International Heat Powered Cycles conference took place in Paris this year, (5 -7 September 2001). The conference included papers on heat powered (sorption cycle) heat pumps.

  The conference web site is: http://www2.cnam.fr/iffi/hpc.htm

• 3.4. Network Meeting - June 2000

Members of the Network and other interested parties met at the Marmont Centre, Nottingham University, on the 22nd June, 2000. It was a very succesful event and even if you were unable to be there you can find what happened reading the following minutes of the meeting...

Click here to download the minutes

In addition you can also check the actual presentations of some of the speakers by downloading them from the links below..

• The HFC Debate
• Rethinking Heatpumps
• The Issues
• UK Heat Pump Network- Activities & Plans

• 3.5. The RETScreen renewable energy project analysis software (available free at http://retscreen.gc.ca) was presented at the Fourth International Conference on Heat Pumps in Cold Climates (August 17th and 18th, 2000 at Aylmer (Quebec), Canada.) Natural Resources Canada's CEDRL demonstrated the use of the Ground-Source Heat Pump model for applications which apply to remote communities.

Websites with information about this conference include:

http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca: select English/French; select Special Events; click on "Heating and Cooling with a Heat Pump" for details on the Conference.

http://www.cedrl.mets.nrcan.gc.ca; select News and Events; click on Fourth Conference on Heat Pumps in Cold Climates for details on the Conference.