Streatley

Berkshire, United Kingdom - Ground-source heat pump

 

Summary
This new self-built timber frame house was fitted with a closed-loop ground-source heat pump, which supplies underfloor heating and DHW pre-heating. The heat pump is not being monitored and hence performance data is not available.
 

The residence during construction.


Building and design values

 
Building type: Single-family house
Location: Streatley, Berkshire, UK
Year of construction: No data
Number of storeys: 2
Heated floor area (m2): No data
% of total floor area (%): 100
Design outdoor temperature (ºC) Heating: -4 Cooling: -
Design indoor temperature (ºC) Heating: 20 Cooling: -
Degree days Heating: No data Cooling: -
Base temperature for degree days (ºC) Heating: No data Cooling: -


Heating and cooling

 
Application: Space heating and DHW pre-heating
Heat pump type(s): Water-to-water
Heat pump installed capacity (kW) Heating: 9 Cooling: -
Refrigerant: R22
Heat source Ground, closed-loop
Details (circulating pumps): -
a) Type of ground heat exchanger: Horizontal/slinky; three coils
b) Borehole depth (m): -
c) Pipe length (m): About 3 x 200
d) Heat transfer fluid: Light antifreeze
e) Flow rate (l/h): 2 160
Distribution system(s): Underfloor
Supply and return temperature (ºC) Heating: 35/30 Cooling: -
Auxiliary system: No data
Heat pump design: No data
Supplementary system: No data
Heat pump system completion date: November 1998


Performance

 
Energy, COP, costs, CO2 emissions
This heat pump is not being monitored and hence performance data is not available. The owner-builder purchased the heat pump and the underfloor heating system. At a later stage the designer/installer got involved by designing and installing the ground loop.


 

Operational experience and other comments
No data


 

Contacts

 

Contact 1:

R. Curtis

    Company: Geoscience Ltd
    Role: Designer/installer
    Address: Falmouth Business Park
Bickland Water Road
Falmouth, Cornwall
TR11 4SZ
UNITED KINGDOM
    Telephone: + 44 1326 211 070
    Fax: + 44 1326 212 754
    Email: earthenergy @ geoscience.co.uk

Contact 2:

Paul Sikora

    Company: Dunstar Limited
    Role: Equipment supplier
    Address: Rosscarbery
Co. Cork
IRELAND
    Telephone: + 353 23 48298
    Fax: + 353 23 48698
    Email: -

 

 
Last updated: 1 March 2004
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