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Panasonic connects with Yorkshire homes

UK: Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions has provided its Aquarea  heat pumps for heating and DHW at a new development of 14 homes in Halifax.

The Aquarea J-Series air-to-water heat pumps were specified by installers, Air Distribution Ltd and supplied by specialist Distributor Logicool to Yorkshire-based housing association Connect Housing.

With over 3,500 properties across West Yorkshire, Connect Housing is now regularly using Panasonic solutions across its developments in place of gas boilers in their new developments and to retrofit existing housing stock.

Each home is equipped with smart controls linked to Panasonic’s Comfort Cloud app, allowing residents to monitor and manage their energy usage remotely.

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