Save Money and the Environment

"With the rising cost of fossil fuels, and climate change looming large, there has never been a better time to invest in renewable energy technology to heat your home"

The era of cheap energy is over
Renewable energy’s time is here it seems. What with gas and electricity bills going through the roof, and climate change looming large, there has never been a better time to consider investing in renewable energy technology for your own home.

By far the cheapest and most eco-friendly home-heating technology currently available is the heat pump. A heat pump is a type of central heating system, which literally pumps heat from outside your home into your heating system, like a fridge-freezer in reverse. The ground outside your home is a vast reserve of energy, heated by the sun. Systems for heating the home do so with amazing efficiency – typically around 400%. That means for every unit of electric energy used by your heat pump, you will get 4 units worth of heat in the house. Bills for oil heated homes drop by around 60%, electrically heated homes by 75%, with large reductions in CO2 emitted. The savings are potentially huge.  Recent steep rises in fuel prices mean that the savings offered by renewable energy heating systems are even greater than before. For too long we have relied on the Earth's natural resources such as coal, gas and oil.

Heat pumps are nothing new. Over 95% of new homes built in Sweden use them. In fact every home and most offices already have a heat pump in the form of a refrigerator. Put your hand at the back of a fridge. You can feel the heat being discharged. This is the heat pump in your fridge  taking the heat out of the food and letting it escape at the back. That is the theory behind a heat pump.

Carbon neutral heating system
Heat pumps do not need a flue as there are no emissions, and if coupled with an electricity company's green tariff, you can achieve a carbon neutral heating system.

Grants available for installation.
Since Retherm systems are renewable energy systems, they qualify for grants to help towards the cost of installation.

There are three main types of heat pump and Retherm will supply and fit them all.