Are you a homeowner thinking about installing a heat pump?


£ 150 inc VAT
Heat Pump Enlightenment for Homeowners
£150 inc VAT
Course fee credited if you get an installation with Heat Geek.
Are you conscious of your carbon footprint and the ever increasing costs to heat your home? Thinking about the switch to a heat pump system? We get it! Heat pumps are a new thing to many people. When it comes to the planning and installation of these systems, it’s easy to become overwhelmed, so Heat Geek have developed a new course, specifically with you in mind.
Heat Pump Enlightenment for Homeowners has been designed to empower and prepare you for your heat pump journey. It will help you to make informed decisions about your system options, ensure you can communicate your needs with your installer and give you the reassurance that they’re the right person for the job.
This course will simplify the understanding of heat pumps and will cover aspects such as why it makes sense to use them, how they work, types of heat pump, planning, legislation, plumbing requirements and controls.
It makes sure you are empowered to ask the right questions to make sure you get a well-designed, highly efficient system. This efficiency turns into bill savings when your heat pump goes live.
* To qualify for the credit of the course value against your install, you just need to get an install from Heat Geek Installations Ltd. The credit will be applied to your final invoice (issued on commissioning) and equal the total payment per your confirmation email of this course. Please note, directly contracted installations via Heat Geeks (irrespective of tier of membership), but not done through the Heat Geek installs umbrella (Contracted with Heat Geek Installations Ltd.) are not eligible for the credit.
What do you get?
Access to 6 in-depth training modules over 2 sections (Introducing & Essentials) with videos and questions specifically structured to encourage a full understanding of the content. The exams are not intended to test your memory from the training videos, but to use the information in real-world scenarios.
With 24-7 access, the entire course is online and accessible from our courses website at any time of the day so you can complete it around your work hours. Simply log in and continue where you left off.
This Course Covers:
Introducing Enlightenment
Introducing WHY
- Energy sources
- Carbon intensity
- Load shifting
- Solar and batteries
Introducing HOW
- Temperature vs heat
- How heat pumps work
- Components of a heat pump
- How we measure efficiency
Introducing TYPES
- Monobloc vs Split
- Air vs radiant delivery
- Air Source
- Ground Source
- Water Source
- High temperature heat pumps
Essential Enlightenment
Essential Positioning
- Manufacturers clearances,
- Micro-climating,
- Permitted Development rules,
- MCS
- Noise Assessments
Essential Electrical
- DNO and applications
- Looped supplies
- Maximum Demand calculations
Essential Plumbing and Controls
- Building regulations
- Pipework
- Plumbing
- Heat pump drainage
- External pipework and protection
- Filters and strainers
- Antifreeze valves vs glycol
- Hot water cylinders
- Controls