Why switching to heat pumps is switching to green energy

Heat pumps are a heating and cooling system for your home, building or industry that harnesses energy from natural surroundings. They use approximately 70% less energy than your average heating system. MasterTherm heat pumps are ultra-quiet, have a 7-year warranty, give you lower heating bills and can be controlled easily from a tablet or phone. It has become abundantly clear in recent years that we need to make a change to the way we live and how we are consuming harmful fossil fuels. Here is how heat pumps can help us achieve that.

Where can you use them?

Schools

A heat pump can provide simultaneous heating and cooling for schools. This provides air conditioning and central heating at an affordable rate. School heating systems are now being addressed by the Irish Department of Education to increase the building energy rating to meet the European CO2 reduction targets (The energy efficiency directive – SEAI Pathfinder).

Hotels & Leisure Centres

Heat can be scheduled to your needs, depending on the number of guests and what rooms are being used, public areas, function rooms and kitchens. So monitoring and logging the system’s performance is very important. Here’s what we did for Randles Hotel in Killarney, which is leading the way in carbon savings and sustainability in the hospitality sector.

Using heat pumps to heat swimming pools is incredibly efficient. The swimming pool is accurately maintained at a constant temperature. Up to 75% savings are achieved by using Heat Pumps and optimisation of the heating distribution & ventilation systems. In this particular example, the business saves 70% of their energy consumption

Heat Pumps in Office Buildings

Office buildings need constant monitoring as well, as they have certain peak times for heat and cooling periods. Keeping employees happy is a top priority for employers and as such considering using heat pumps in the office is an easy choice.

In Data Centres, our unique system of heat recovery from a cooling loop of a supercomputer in the national supercomputing Building is delivering cooling via a water loop of 30–40°C. A water loop cooling system at these temperatures can achieve considerable savings on cooling operating costs. Rejected heat in this process will be reused in other locations that require heating via a heating distribution system.

Heat Pumps in Pharmaceutical

The Pharmaceutical industry uses a huge amount of energy for heating and cooling. With heat recovery heat pumps you only need one system to do both. Imagine if you could have a chiller replacement and an oil or gas boiler replacement all in one, while dramatically reducing energy cost and CO2 emissions. Check out the system designed for Johnson & Johnson

Heat Pumps in Food Processing

Heat energy rejected from a cooling process in the food processing industry is usually wasted and sent out into the air and atmosphere. This energy can be repurposed back into the food processing process where heat is required, by utilising heat pumps in this process.

Hospitals and Nursing Homes

Air source heat pumps can provide all space heating for the building and also serve as a heat source for high-temperature heat pumps, efficiently meeting the minimum HSE water temperature criteria. Check out MasterTherm’s work with University Hospital Limerick – new Covid Critical Care Ward, which has met new building regulation criteria for commercial buildings and hospitals.

Metal Manufacturing and Processing

Simultaneous heating and cooling. The system reduces the load on chillers and boilers and thus reduces electricity and gas usage. Heat Pump systems can be monitored and optimised remotely via the internet to maximise energy savings. Have a look at the Simultaneous Heating and Cooling – Orthopaedics Manufacturing Facility we constructed for a company.

Heat Pumps in Food and beverages

Heat pumps can use rejected heat from the cooling process to heat water used for the production process. Leftover heat can be transferred to heat the offices and other locations. Check out an example of a heat pump project in the Food and Beverage sector with the Crolly Whiskey Distillery heating and cooling recovery system.

SEAI Grants

SEAI is offering grants to help install heat pumps in homes and businesses across Ireland.

Why MasterTherm?

Our MasterTherm heat pumps and plant rooms are designed and tailored to suit each application with a dedicated focus on energy savings and enhanced performance for our clients.

These can be used in any industry that requires heating or cooling, such as refrigeration, cold water, hot water or a heating system. A MasterTherm heat pump is an efficient way of repurposing heat energy that otherwise would have been wasted. This will make your company more sustainable and economical.

We will design and tailor a personalised heating system to suit your industry needs. Whether it’s for a complex monitored heating and cooling system using rejected heat or a central heating system with air-conditioning. MasterTherm will ensure that your business is getting the maximum benefit from your heat pump system.

If you’re looking for a heating and hot water solution for a building, office or factory we will design and implement the right bespoke heating solution for you. If you are unsure about how to start the journey to renewable energy using heat pumps, contact us and we can start by creating a bespoke design for your heating system.