Ecodan® Heating
System Scoops
Environment Award
A key aim of Mitsubishi Electric’s Green Gateway Initiative is to explore improved means of providing energy efficient heating and cooling. In direct response to the UK Governments target to reduce CO2 emissions substantially over the coming years, we have developed Ecodan - a unique, low carbon heating system - as a major part of our ambitious initiative.
Ecodan is our first domestic heating product in the UK. It runs off a normal domestic electric circuit and can be installed by a qualified plumber without the need to be CORGI or F-Gas registered as the refrigerant circuit is self contained and factory sealed.
Ecodan is different to other heat pump systems as it’s been designed specifically for the UK domestic market. This ultra-efficient, low carbon heating system can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 35%* when compared to a modern gas condensing boiler - readily enabling new builds to achieve The Code for Sustainable Homes.
Recently, our Ecodan heat pump system was recognised for its carbon saving potential at the Environment and Energy Awards 2008 - winning the coveted Environmental Product/Service category. The judges praised Mitsubishi Electric for their far-sightedness, saying that whilst air source technology was not new, the company had “Packaged Ecodan into a neat unit that could prove acceptable to the environmentally-savvy domestic user who want to do their bit to cut carbon emissions”.
John Kellett, the General Manager of Mitsubishi Electric’s Heating Division was delighted win the award, proving that Ecodan easily competes with all other available forms of air source heat pump. “The judges have acknowledged our efforts to provide households with a simple and straightforward way of achieving reliable heating and hot water whilst significantly reducing CO2 emissions.
“We believe Ecodan will continue to win over any other alternatives to gas heating, not only because of the simple installation, but because of significant savings in domestic fuel bills.” said Kellett.
The average UK household produces over 5 tonnes of CO2 per year with space and water heating accounting for more than 73 per cent of this: “One of the easiest ways of achieving a significant reduction in CO2 emissions would be through the greater use of heat pump technology which extracts free energy from the surrounding air,” added Mr Kellett. “This energy that surrounds us is a key sustainable resource that doesn’t currently factor into many people’s thinking.”
Mitsubishi Electric is holding free seminars on Ecodan at their Head Office in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
For further details please email heating@meuk.mee.com,
call 01707 282880 or visit www.mitsubishielectric.co.uk/heating.
* Independently verified by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Ltd which provides a complete range of independent consultancy, testing and commissioned research services covering all aspects of the built environment and associated industries. For further details visit www.bre.co.uk.
