From the ground up
The partnership project that's providing new low-carbon heat pumps for homes in Oxford
People all over the UK are experiencing higher energy bills, with many households spending more time at home and finding it harder to keep warm during the colder months.
As an alternative to traditional heating systems, heat pumps are becoming more and more common across the world thanks to their low-carbon, high power outputs and installing them in our homes is one way we’re doing our bit to decarbonise the nation’s homes and make energy bills smaller.
As a part of the Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO) project, we’re installing ground source heat pumps into 60 homes at our scheme in Blackbird Leys. Once installed, the heat pumps will help to provide cleaner, smarter and more affordable energy to customers, driving down their bills and putting less strain on the planet.
"Delighted with the results"
Stuart Gadsen, Director of Sales - South East, Kensa Contracting, said: "As soon as Innovate UK funding was confirmed for ESO, we immediately approached Stonewater to ask them to participate in this exciting project. Kensa and Stonewater have worked in partnership for a number of years and we knew that the existing relationship between the two organisations would help the project progress smoothly.
"The ground source heat pumps are now installed and householders are delighted with the results. Stonewater is one of our key partners and we've already started to discuss another innovative ground source heat pump project with them for next year."
Innovation is helping to tackle fuel poverty
Adam Masters, Environmental Sustainability Manager at Stonewater, said: "We hope that our participation in the Energy Superhub Oxford project will allow us to show how innovation can deliver cleaner, affordable energy solutions for our customers. We are looking forward to exploring future opportunities to innovate using heat pumps which will lower carbon emissions for our homes and help to tackle fuel poverty for our customers."
Stonewater has around 1,000 heat pumps instaled in properties across the UK, and with projects like this we hope to add around 300 in the next year.