5 warmth pump fashions have come out on high in a “chief board” on a crowdsourcing web site.
HeatPumpMonitor.org permits house owners of warmth pumps to recurrently enter their unit’s effectivity knowledge to assist examine the power efficiency of their models. This not solely helps make selecting a warmth pump simpler for brand spanking new warmth pump house owners, but additionally helps present house owners wonderful tune their setups.
Now the service has gone one step additional to create a warmth pump “chief board” with the rankings of various fashions being primarily based on this effectivity knowledge. However which warmth pump mannequin got here out on high? And which ranked the bottom? We check out each the web site and the outcomes.
What’s HeatPumpMonitor.org?
HeatPumpMonitor.org is an open-source group the place owners can share and examine their warmth pump’s efficiency knowledge.
The platform, developed by OpenEnergyMonitor, does this by asking for home-owner to enter their warmth pump’s Seasonal Efficiency Issue (SPF). That is the common Coefficient of Efficiency (CoP) of a warmth pump over the total heating season.
There at the moment are contributions from over 100 monitored techniques with the info benefitting installers, present warmth pump house owners and potential house owners by serving to them perceive the potential efficiency of various fashions underneath numerous situations.
That are the highest performing warmth pumps?
The Vaillant Arotherm+ featured on each ends of the desk displaying how essential set up is on the subject of effectivity(Picture credit score: Vaillant)
First it’s price noting {that a} warmth pump’s effectivity is not simply concerning the mannequin, location, the kind of dwelling, how effectively insulated it’s and the way effectively the warmth pump has been put in amongst different components additionally come into it.
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That mentioned… in accordance with the owners who enter knowledge into HeatPumpMonitor.org, these are the fashions that got here out on high.
The highest-performing fashions embody the Viessmann Vitocal 150A air supply warmth pump in Sheffield, reaching an SPF of 5.0, and the Nibe S1155 PVT floor supply warmth pump in West Lothian, which additionally reached an SPF of 5.0.
A desk of the highest 5 performing warmth pumps in accordance with HeatPumpMonitor.org.
Location
Installer
Warmth Pump Mannequin
Kind
Energy (kW)
Days Monitored
SPF
Sheffield
Damon Blakemore
Viessmann Vitocal 150A
Air
10
363
5.0
Broxburn, W. Lothian
Barry Sharp
Nibe S1155 PVT
Floor
12
355
5.0
Bristol
Rickman Warmth
Nibe F2050
Air
9
357
4.7
Mytchett, Surrey
Warmth Geek
Vaillant Arotherm+
Air
7
350
4.6
Llanberis, Gwynedd
Glyn Hudson (self-install)
Samsung Gen 6
Air
5
362
4.4
Which was the bottom performing warmth pump?
The bottom-performing mannequin was the Vaillant Arotherm+ air supply warmth pump in Falkirk that achieved an SPF of simply 2.7, though it should be famous this was self-installed and this warmth pump additionally options within the high 5, illustrating how essential set up is for warmth pump effectivity.
Nevertheless, Bean Beanland, founding father of the Warmth Pump Federation, suggested: “To deduce whether or not one model is healthier than one other is dangerous because the experience of the installer as you may give the best installer the worst and they’ll make a half-decent work of the job whereas you may give the best machine to the worst installer then they are going to be flip it into an emersion.”
He added that quite than specializing in the model owners might discover it extra helpful to “concentrate on the observe document of the installer and discover one which has an excellent observe document with clients” to get the perfect outcomes on your dwelling.
How helpful is the web site?
Bean Beanland, mentioned the web site “serves a helpful function” however the leaderboard does not embody some info such because the operational prices of the warmth pumps.
“These which might be within the high 5 does not crucial replicate that some installers are optimising effectivity prices quite than optimising operational prices, which aren’t the identical”, he said.
He explains that some installers and owners “might select to sacrifice effectivity to offer the bottom operational value”.
He additionally advises that when trying on the web site owners “should be somewhat bit cautious because it does not report on course inner temperature of the home so somebody older might want it hotter in the home”.
Bean Beanland
Bean, an skilled skilled with a background in power and carbon mitigation, is a founding member of the Warmth Pump Federation (HPF). With experience in expertise choice, procurement, and set up, he has overseen quite a few warmth pump techniques for numerous buildings, together with Listed and interval buildings, colleges, rural estates, and industrial buildings. Energetic in supporting the event of warmth pump expertise and authorities coverage, Bean additionally leads lobbying efforts for the HPF and contributes to membership progress.
How one can add your warmth pump onto the leaderboard
If you happen to already personal a warmth pump and wish to submit it to the leaderboard you are able to do so by way of the OpenEnergyMonitorwebsite the place you’ll be able to create an account.
You may then enter knowledge out of your warmth pump and see how effectively yours performs in comparison with the main fashions within the UK.
