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Aquarea air / water heat pump – design handbook 07 / 2014
Introduction
Economical and environmentally friendly
Air to water heat pump heating installations can receive financial support
via the UK Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (dRHI) and the non-do-
mestic RHI. Current tariff rates can be found at www.ofgem.gov.uk. For
equipment of less than 45 kW, it is also a requirement of these schemes
that both equipment and installer be accredited with the Microgeneration
Certification Scheme (MCS) – www.microgenerationcertification.org
Comparison of power consumption of an Aquarea heat pump to a direct electric heater
for the same electricity input
80
%
20
%
1
2
1
Aquarea heat pump
2
Conventional electric heating
Note
Panasonic offers a free program for sizing heat pumps with which the
seasonal performance factor can be calculated according to VDI 4650,
the Aquarea Designer (see the “Panasonic Aquarea Designer” section
in the planning chapter).
Please see www.microgenerationcertification.org for details of how to
apply for MCS accreditation.
1
kW
5.08
kW
1
kW
1
kW
output
input