Applied Energy aims to speed up the rate of change to environmentally-friendly technologies 
(10/10/2006)
Applied Energy, through its Creda and Stiebel Eltron ranges aims to help the wider domestic heating industry of specifiers, developers, and installers to speed up the rate of change to environmentally-friendly technologies.
Low-to-zero-carbon technologies along with renewable domestic energy sources are here, now. The products are all available, as are the design and support services. Conserving existing energy sources and creating new ones are an urgent need.
“This is a major issue which affects all sectors within both private and social housing sectors – and everyone of us, as we all have an interest in the wellbeing of planet,” says Kevin Tolson for Applied Energy. Re-newable energy sources and current domestic fuel prices demand attention. We must make our domestic heating the most efficient and environmentally-kind as possible. There are verifiable figures which show that electric heating in the home is now approaching 20% cheaper than gas-fired systems”.
One of the emerging product areas of increasing domestic heating efficiency is heat pumps -these products harvest and deliver useable energy from the air, water and ground – benefiting the environment, with minimal impact versus other forms of heating.
The ratio of heating energy-gained to energy-spent can yield as much as 1 kWh electrical power to 5 kWh useable energy - even from a homeowner’s back garden.
There are three common models in this product arena: Air/Water; Brine/Water and Water/Water. The mechanics of the heat pump is simplicity itself: latent energy is withdrawn from the air, water or ground and transferred to a heat exchanger.
“It is possible to have fully controllable and sustainable electric central heating with zonal control. Some figures also show that landlords – including those in both the private and social sectors - could be 50% better off with electric heating and hot water systems,” added Mr Tolson.
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