Brickfield Barn near Everdon, Northamptonshire is a small working farm with a big ambition, namely to become as sustainable as possible. In 2006 when heat pumps were virtually unknown in the UK, WDS installed two ground source heat pumps working in parallel to provide heating and hot water for Brickfield Barn. Seven years on, these two 11kW Dimplex heat pumps are still performing well and keeping the home warm during the cold winters. In 2010 WDS installed a water borehole to provide potable water for the house and farm saving money on the high water bills the farm was incurring. The Problem: In 2011 the client was keen to look at other ways of saving money on her business operation and to further reduce her carbon footprint, so she asked WDS to look into the o

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