09/06/2009 GROMIT project starts

GROMIT project - Mitigation potential of horizontal ground coupled heat pumps for current and future climatic conditions: UK environmental modelling studies

The overall aim of the proposed project is to assess and give recommendations on how to optimise the CO2 mitigation potential of horizontal GCHPs in the UK, taking account of changing environmental conditions.

Project Sub-teams & Research Scientists

UoR (Anne Verhoef (Soil Science), Pier Luigi Vidale (NCAS-Climate), Bruce Main (Soil Science), Raquel Garcia (Soil Science)) University of Reading
Nottingham (School of the Built Environment) - Guohui Gan and Yupeng Wu
BGS - Andrew Hughes and Majdi Mansour British Geological Survey
CEH - Wallingford - Jon Finch and Eleanor Blyth Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
EarthEnergy Ltd - Robin Curtis http://www.earthenergy.co.uk/

This newsletter is assembled by Robin Curtis who has a vested interest in this technology and currently works for EarthEnergy Limited - a UK promoter of ground source heat pumps. Notwithstanding - this informal newsletter is intended to provide a focus for all UK activity on ground coupled, water source heating and cooling technology for buildings. This is variously referred to as earth coupled systems, geothermal heat pumps, earth energy systems, closed loop ground source heat pumps etc.

If you have any comments or contributions please do not hesitate to contact the author. Provided that items that you wish to submit are of relevance to the technology I will endeavour to incorporate them as quickly as possible - other commitments permitting.

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