| Ferroli has expanded its portfolio of sustainable energy products with a comprehensive range of air-source heat pump units. |
The new air-source heat pumps are convenient and easy to install, cost effective and reliable, and provide one of the most practical ways of applying renewable energy technology. They complement Ferroli’s proven high efficiency boilers, solar heating solutions and underfloor heating systems. |
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The new models include domestic units, suitable for the direct heating of low surface temperature radiators, thermal stores or underfloor heating systems, as well as larger units for residential blocks, commercial premises and industrial facilities. |
The RVL range of domestic units is available in four sizes with outputs ranging from 5.5kW to 11.1kW, while the commercial units cover every requirement up to 700kW. In the simplest installations the units are mounted on an outside wall and produce hot water up to 55oC which is pumped around the heating system. The units are built in Italy and capitalize on the Ferroli Group’s experience in manufacturing air conditioning units. |
The combination of green consumer preferences, planning requirements and more demanding building regulations are creating an ever-greater requirement for heating products that can be shown to reduce a building’s carbon footprint. |
Air source heat pumps are an extremely energy efficient way of heating a building and work like a fridge in reverse. The units extract ‘free’ low-grade heat from the outside air and concentrate it into a usable form to heat the hot water that circulates in the heating system. As they are using energy to move the heat rather than consuming energy to create heat they have an extremely small carbon footprint. |
The only energy used is electrical power to drive a small pump and compressor, and one unit of electricity input can generate up to 3.5 units of usable thermal energy. This is called a Coefficient of Performance of 3.5 (COP 3.5) or 350% efficiency. |
