National deployment of domestic geothermal heat pump technology: Observations on the UK experience 1995-2013

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5460-5499

  Rees, Simon ^a   Curtis, Robin ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GeoScience Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geothermal heat pump; Incentives; Monitoring; Standards; Trials

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HOUSING; MONITORING; PUMPS; STANDARDS;

DOMESTIC INSTALLATIONS; EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; HOUSING DEVELOPMENT; INCENTIVES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT; SUPPORTING POLICIES; TRIALS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84906901719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7085460     Document Type: Review

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