Heating & Cooling with Heat Pump Ventilation
Clarissa Youden from Total Home Environment explains how to specify an efficient, low-bills HPV setup for year-round comfort
Go fabric first
Focus your budget on the fabric of your building so you can achieve really low U-values for floors, walls, roof, windows and doors. Aim for an airtightness figure of under 3m 3 /h/m . And talk to your architect about designing out overheating, so you don’t need to spend so much on cooling.