Low carbon funding helps school decarbonise
22nd November 2024
UK: Funding from the Welsh Government has helped a Ruthin secondary school decarbonise their heating by replacing gas boilers with Mitsubishi Electric air-source heat pumps.
Ysgol Brynhyfryd is a bilingual co-educational comprehensive school for over 1,000 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years of age in Clywd, North Wales.
In addition to replacing three gas boilers with two Mitsubishi Electric 40kW CAHV air-source heat pumps, the renewable upgrade included the installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the school roof.
Between the heat pumps and the solar panels, the school is estimated to save between £17,000 to £19,000 per year, along with 28 tonnes of carbon
The school has underfloor floor heating throughout. Coupled with this, local installer JM Renewable Solutions added a further 75kW of solar panels on the building’s roof.
The CAHV heat pumps achieve 70°C water temperatures down to -20°C ambient temperature to deliver continuous heating. Multiple unit cascade control offers capacity from 7.8kW to 640kW to make the system suitable for a wide range of applications.
