Warren Pope, Volunteer Trustee for Peterborough Environment City Trust
September 2022
Warren gave a wealth of information and links to companies supplying equipment. He stressed that we should use a MCS certified heat pump installer, and ensure their proposals meet the design spec MIS 3005 – a guarantee that the system will keep us warm and work well. He gave details about costs, longevity, and space needed outside and inside the house for equipment, suggesting alternative low energy heating solutions, such as Warmstone, Laminaheat, and infrared heaters. He also discussed hybrid systems, such as a heat pump topped up with another energy source for very cold weather.
We were advised that as the cost of electricity is now high and very volatile it may be best to wait awhile before installing a pump system, but that meanwhile it makes sense to insulate our home (borrow an infrared camera from Cambridge Carbon Footprint to check where the cold spots are) and to install solar PV if we can. That way we’ll save money on bills and save carbon emissions whatever energy source we use. Then if prices settle we can decide about a heat pump.
For a full set of the slides, see here.
The talk recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/DC5Q1N6LY9w
Helen Hale