A log cabin from Scandinavian Log Cabins Direct is very environmentally responsible. So having made the decision to purchase an environmentally responsible building why not also choose an environmentally responsible method of heating it, and save yourself a lot of money at the same time.
Scandinavian Log Cabins Direct have combined with Nordic Heating to introduce our range of heat pumps. An air to air heat pump is a cost efficient method of heating not only for log cabins, but also extensions or conventional homes.
Our pumps have a COP rating (coefficient of performance) of 3.6 meaning more than three and a half times more heat energy comes out than electrical energy goes in.
It's not magic it's science. A heat pump operates using the same principle as a domestic refrigerator by moving heat energy from one place to another.
While a domestic refrigerator moves heat from inside the fridge to outside, the CARE QC 6000 moves heat energy from outside your house to the inside. It does not matter if it is cold outside.
Our heat pumps have been designed for the Scandinavian market to be efficient in outside temperatures as low as -20deg C.
- Slashes heating costs - Around a quarter of the running costs of conventional electric heating, and 65% of the cost of gas heating.
- Air Conditioning too - In the summer the heat pump can be run 'in reverse' to cool the inside of your home.
- Air Filtration too - The heat pump contains an air filter which can capture up to 95% of air borne particles.
- Remarkably low price - Heat pumps are not new, they have been around for a few years. Historically ground store heat pumps with long pipes buried in the garden have been more efficient, but they are expensive and difficult to install. Now Air store heat pumps have caught up in terms of efficiency and are very simple to install.
Heat pump components
An air store heat pump has two major components. An 'inside unit' and an 'outside unit'
- Inside unit - hangs on an exterior wall close to the ceiling. Two hoses pass through the wall to the outside unit. One hose is carrying hot gas from the outside unit, and the other hose is carrying cold gas back to the outside unit.
A fan blows warm air from the inside unit down the wall towards the floor, and recycles stale air from the ceiling level through its filter which keeps the air in the room clean.
Because the air is kept circulating the temperature in the room will be more even at floor and ceiling level compared to a room heated by radiators which suffers from overheating at ceiling level, and underheating at floor level.
A remote control allows setting of room temperature and mode. - Outside unit - stands on the floor outside the room containing the inside unit.
A fan in the outside unit blows air onto the element of the heat pump which contains a gas compressed by a compressor pump where heat energy from the air passes into the gas which is then sent to the inside unit.
