Heating & Ventilation
Housing Association aims to reduce resident’s
energy costs with heat pumps
Thermal Earth has worked in conjunction with Wales & West Housing
to successfully increase energy efficiency and reduce running costs for
tenants in a large domestic housing refurbishment in Mid Wales.
Residents at Llwynbrain Close in Howey, near Llandrindod Wells, have
had their conventional heating systems replaced with Thermal Earth’s
MasterTherm air source heat pumps in a bid to reduce the energy usage
and carbon output of the estate.
system adjustments or investigations can be made without visiting their
premises, drastically reducing unnecessary callouts for user error. The
user is able to adjust heating and hot water temperatures on a screen that
directly mimics the user controls in the property while installers are able
to set output curves, view alarm lists and see a history of temperatures.
The manufacturer and distributor benefit from the ability to alter the control
algorithms, adjust the expansion valve settings and the compressor output
on the inverter drive. Social Housing projects gain extensively from this
feature in terms of negating the requirement for engineers or support
officers to attend site.
Wales & West Housing, which manages over 9,500 high quality, affordable
homes in 12 local authority areas across Wales, chose Thermal Earth as
the suppliers, designers and installers to refurbish the heating systems in
Llwynbrain Close. The project has proved such a success that Thermal
Earth has secured a second contract with Wales & West Housing for a
larger 26 property development, Mill View Close, als