Types of Systems

Over the last couple of years there has been an increase in consumers seeking to cool and heat their homes with Air Conditioning or also know as ASHPs. Historically, air conditioning as been an expensive luxury which hasn't always been the most environmentally friendly due to the harmful HCFC refrigerants which had harmful ozone depleting potential.

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The concept of heat pumps has been adopted quiet easily by consumers which has then given way to the understanding of air condition which is fundamentally very similar with the same basic refrigeration components.

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Single Split Systems

A domestic entry level. This can be a cheap and easy solution to both heating and cooling a single room that gets too hot or doesn’t otherwise have radiators, such as a loft, a bedroom, a garden office or a glass kitchen extension. Single split systems usually come with a remote and some also have wifi and are app controleable. This will cost about £2,000 fully installed. 

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Multi Split Systems

The next level is a “multi-split”, which is one outdoor unit delivering warm or cool air to multiple rooms via wall-mounted boxes, at about £5,000. Muli split gives owners the option to heat or cool all indoor units. They cannot choose to heat and cool the indoor units at the same time, which can become problematic depending on preference.

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Powering AC

Factoring the cost of running an AC unit to heat or cool a space needs to be considered.  It may be that you decide to use less, gas to heat wet systems such as central heating or you may even be using electric radiators. Most AC units run on Inverter technology which is more energy efficient as it has the ability to ramp up and down the power rather than a traditional on / off system.

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In either case, the addition of Solar Pv and Battery storage and can drastically enhance the affordability of running the AC units and reduce overall energy bills.