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I was kinda assuming solar panels ( with storage) and ground source heat pump, would do the trick.
Who knows? My mate had a heat exchange on the roof which only worked in the summer, and annual service cost made that unviable to utilise. Which is disappointing.
Something needs to change with gas costs as they are.
wildwest-
We have ground source heat pump and solar panels. The ground source heat pump is good but you either need UFH or large radiators as the temperature it gets the water up to isn’t as high. Our solar panels have never delivered the energy promised so are a bit of a waste of time, the feed in tariff rate is not great and the panels in no way cover the cost of our heating bills. But gshp is more efficient than ashp is you have the location to do it.
The solar panels produce next to fuck all on cloudy days. But when we do produce a surplus we have a device that uses that energy to power an immersion heater for our hot water. On those days the hot water is needs a lot more cold added at the tap when showering or bathing.
In future I hope solar panels become cheaper and better and we can it in a bigger array and a house battery.
dancing james
I don't see why not, you would have to pay a fair whack up front for enough technology/insulation to make it happen though, especially while it is in no one's best interest to develop this stuff rapidly/subsidise it.