The heat pump or, ground source heat pump, can take heat from thr ground and move it through pipework and fed to things like radiators, warm air or underfloor heating and even heat water in a property. The heat pump normally uses a loop called a ground loop buried in the garden to circulate water and an anti freeze agent. The heat in the ground is transferred to the liquid mixture and then goes through a heat exchanger and into a pump. If you if you are familiar with how an air conditioner operates, then you probably know a lot about the heat pump. This is because heat pumps and air conditioners operate in a very similar way. Chessington Plumbers work on heat pumps. They are run by electricity so the power comes from coal, oil and gas fired power stations. So they dont just use fossil fuel but they burn it in an inefficient way. The drop in efficiency is 20% as it arrives at the homeowner. This makes the carbon footprint 17 which in ecological terms is huge. Because it is super efficient all a heat pump can do is try and lower the electricity carbon to that of natural gas. A Chessington Plumber is a qualified professional. It is possible to aquire the electricity from a green retailer or even use photovoltaic solar panels (PV), this is when these heat pumps suddenly become a better option. The solar panels cannot be used in a direct way as they tend to work better in summertime when the pump is still, plus they cant generate the large starting current that is needed to start the pump, as this current can be eight times the normal running current. The solar panel option will cover the expense of running the heat pump by selling back the voltaic electricity to the national grid, and there isnt a need for a large amount of panels for this.