Could ground source heat pumps decarbonise your next project?
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According to the Department for Energy, approximately 40% of the UKβs existing energy use comes from heating and βheat pumps and heat networks will be the primary means for decarbonising heating over the next decadeβ. Therefore, ground source heat pumps (GSHP) are an important part of the decarbonisation transition.
After a brief summary of how GSHPs work, John and Anna will present a case study showcasing the feasibility steps to successfully license the first UK large-scale open loop scheme to provide network heating to a major new central London housing development, which is predicted to save 24,000 tonnes of carbon over 30 years.
Webinar speakers
John Findlay
Director, Carbon Zero
Over the last 25 years, John Findlay has played a major role in the development of ground source heating and cooling (GSHC) technology in the UK. This has included close involvement in many of the UKβs larger public and private sector schemes. John is a council member and past Chairman of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA) and he has engaged with the development of technical standards and liaised with the Environment Agency and British Geological Survey (BGS). He also had significant involvement with the drafting of GSHPA/Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) codes of practice CP2 and CP3 and TM51. John has been involved in many of the practical details of GSHC scheme design from feasibility through to commissioning and monitoring of performance. Some of these schemes are the largest currently in place in the UK supplying heating (and cooling) to large public and private sector buildings such as schools, colleges, offices and retail, horticulture and leisure developments.
Dr Anna Hitchmough
Associate Technical Director, Carbon Zero
Dr Anna Hitchmough is an associate technical director at Carbon Zero Consulting with over 25 years of hydrogeological experience. She is technical lead for GSHPs and recently authored a piece summarising their potential in the January issue of the Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) magazine. Anna also has extensive experience in contaminated land and has previously had the role of Chair of the Contaminated Land Group of the Geological Society of London, as well as being lead author of the Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) Mobility Screening Tool.
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