Mixergy iHP X installed in major renovation project
Laurence Haslop, Managing Director of housebuilder and developer Develory Ltd, bought a two-bedroom bungalow with a 1970s extension to turn into a sustainable, innovative, warm, and comfortable home where he could raise his young family. The property required a total renovation. As he puts it, it needed to be “pretty much knocked to bits” and completely rewired and replumbed.
Keen that the house would be as efficient as possible, Laurence wanted a hot water solution that would work alongside the Herschel infrared electric space heating, solar PV and battery storage he was planning to install. He chose the Mixergy iHP X integrated heat pump cylinder as a hot water solution that would deliver both the carbon and money savings he was looking for. It is three times more energy efficient than a direct electric cylinder, works perfectly with solar PV, and delivers fast and convenient hot water.
The Mixergy iHP X is the only integrated heat pump cylinder which uses patented top-down heating technology. With a toddler in the house, Laurence explains that it’s good to know that usable hot water can be delivered in under 30 minutes, simply by pressing the ‘boost’ button! That’s around 10 times faster than conventional heat pump cylinders.
Another important consideration was noise. The iHP X was installed in a cupboard that didn’t require soundproofing and has a standard single-layered door. Laurence says, “It’s very quiet — which works for us!”
To get the most efficient Coefficient of Performance (CoP), up to 3.4 CoP, the air in/air out ducting run to different parts of the building so they don’t terminate next to each other.
This is my house but we have put in technologies that our company wants to test and actually install in our developments. Each system needs to be considered for different scenarios – Mixergy will fit in various scenarios.
Laurence Haslop, Managing Director, Develory Ltd
Laurence explains: “We can use the app to look at the current temperature of the water at both the top and bottom of the cylinder. In the past, we’ve never been able to see how much energy is being used to generate hot water, so this helps us lower our costs and be more sustainable.
“The Mixergy iHP also plugs into the other sustainable products we have installed in the rest of the house. It works very well with the solar PV, so we can actually run the heat pump using the excess electricity we generate from solar energy.
“This is my house but we have put in technologies that our company wants to test and actually install in our developments. Each system needs to be considered for different scenarios – Mixergy will fit in various scenarios, depending on what we want to do with it,” he concludes.
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