Heat Recovery and Ventilation Systems

The Must-Have Home Improvement for the 2020s.

19:51 06 April 2020

There have been tremendous advances in technology since the turn of the millennium in the year 2000, but there have been some areas of our daily lives that have been left untouched by this wave of technological progress.

In the last decade, there have been engineers hard at work to perfect technology that can help us in the home and save us money, while also creating an opportunity to reduce our carbon footprint and the environmental damage that running a household can cause to planet Earth.

Heat Recovery and Ventilation Systems, sometimes called Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery (or MVHR), are the twenty-first century solution to home heating and ventilation that many have been waiting for. Not only can they save money and the planet, they are also discreet, giving you more space in the home.

What is Different About a Home Heat Recovery and Ventilation System?

Traditional home heating systems, like the one you probably have in your home now, heat water and pump it around your home to radiators. Water boilers usually burn natural gas or use electricity to heat the water, and during the winter months this can be incredibly expensive. Every year the cost of energy increases, and more and more families are seeing their bills increase year-on-year.

MVHR systems heat the air in your home, and distribute it around the home through discreet vents. This is much more energy efficient, and by using a heat exchanger, the system recovers heat from older, staler air and uses it to heat fresh incoming air drawn from outside the home. This adds even more energy efficiency.

Are Heat Recovery and Ventilation Systems Complicated to Operate and Install?

One of the major benefits of heat recovery systems is their ease of use and how simple they are to install.

The main units are compact and can fit into a very small space, usually in an attic or roof space. The ducting can be routed through cavity wall spaces, so all you need in your rooms and hallways are small and discreet vents to distribute the fresh, warmed air and remove older, staler air.

This means you can remove old radiators and pipework, as well as any water boiler and tanks, and free up space in nearly every room in your home. At BPC Ventilation you will find a one-stop shop where experienced heating and ventilation engineers can help you design the perfect system for your home, and they can install some systems in less than a day.

How Much Money Do They Save?

This can vary a lot between homes of different sizes, how often a home uses its existing heating system, and how efficient it is.

Heat Recovery and Ventilation Systems are incredibly efficient and use a lot less energy than water boiling systems, and so they will always offer energy savings over their traditional competitors. The more you heat your home, the more money they can potentially save you. With the added bonus of reclaiming lost heat with their heat exchangers, heat recovery systems paired with modern insulation and windows can halve your energy costs, or more.

The planet and its people face a huge number of challenges in the twenty-first century, and reducing our use of fossil fuels and dependence on our electricity grids is one of them. Switching to a Heat Recovery and Ventilation System can help us to achieve this goal.