Quedgeley-located family firm, Hewer, has launched first-of-its-kind technology that helps save homeowners £2,000 on the installation of heat pumps.
Trademarked Heat Saviour, the new technology simplifies the installation and maintenance of air source heat pumps, helping reduce installation costs for homeowners.
Heat pumps form an integral part of the government's green energy strategy, Net Zero, which aims to completely decarbonise the UK's heating systems with more eco-friendly alternatives.
The new technology works as a pre-assembled unit that sits underneath a standard domestic hot water cylinder.
Unlike traditional heat pump systems, which tie households into 'specific manufacturers’ components due to their 'singular loop design', Heat Saviour enables engineers to use off-the-shelf components for quicker installations.
With the new technology installed, heat pump runs independently of the existing central heating, operating on a 'dual-circuit loop' and taking away the need for expensive 'system overhauls', which cuts labour costs by up to 20 per cent and saves homeowners up to £2,000 per installation.
Stuart Hesk, director at Hewer, said: 'Installing and retrofitting heat pumps can be complex, costly and disruptive. They are often designed with non-universal parts, requiring entire heating systems to be ripped out — systems that could have years of use left in them.
'Heat Saviour is a much smarter and cheaper way to install and use a heat pump, making property management easier and improving residential satisfaction.
'We saw the huge amounts of unnecessary waste, cost and downtime that installing and retrofitting heat pumps was causing and so, as a customer-first business, we set about inventing a solution to tackle these issues.'
The government currently offers homeowners grants of £7,500 to help towards the costs of installing a heat pump.
Stuart added: 'Our mission was to design a cost effective, durable and sustainable solution which makes the government heat pump grant go further.
'A design which simplifies installations from new builds to even older properties, which aren’t conducive to heat pump systems; meeting the needs of all homeowners, landlords and tenants, including social housing providers.'
