Improve the comfort of your home

Is your heating system due an upgrade? Did you know that you can now avail of a grant through the SEAI Better Energy Homes grants programme?

This grant can help you improve your home heating system by installing a new high efficiency boiler, this will also include heating control upgrades.

Air to water heat pumps are becoming a very popular choice for those who are building or renovating new homes and also for any business that use a lot of water.

If you are in the market looking to buy a new home, you will more than likely want to make sure that the building is structurally sound, it is damp free, there enough storage space and so on.

Heat recovery ventilation systems, also known as HRV systems recover heat from the air that evaporates from hot water that is used in bathrooms and kitchens and transfers the heat to the fresh air that is ventilated into the home. 

Are you looking to reduce your heating costs?  You could consider installing an Air to Water Heat heat Pump. Orca Air to water Heat Pumps can help you reduce your heating costs by up to 75%, which can be installed existing or new homes.

The Home Renovation Incentive Scheme has been extended for another year until 31st December 2016. The scheme provides for tax relief for homeowners and landlords.

Despite the name “heat pump”, heat pumps do an efficient job of both cooling and heating the home or commercial building. Unlike other conventional heating systems, a heat pump operates by distributing heat, instead of generating hot or cold air. This heat or cooling process can be sourced from either water, earth known as a geothermal heating system or the most common system which retrieves heat from the air. This is known as an “air to air” heat pump.

What are Air to Water Heat Pumps?

Heat pumps extract energy from the sun and raises it to a temperature equipped to provide an effective and efficient heating source. This is an extremely environmentally friendly source of heat as approximately 75% of the energy we require to heat our homes is sourced directly from our environment. Air to water heat pumps are the most effective and modern method of hot water heating system on the market today.

Living in a passive home means living in a home with no cold drafts, no sudden temperature changes from room to room and virtually no heating bills. Sound too good to be true?

What is a Geothermal Heat Pump (GSHP)?

Geothermal heating involves using geothermal energy in order to heat domestic and commercial properties. Geothermal energy refers to energy which is generated and stored within the Earth's matter.