Case Study
Ground Source Review: Northumberland Fire Stations
Ground Source Review: Northumberland Fire Stations November 22, 2017 Prudhoe, Amble, and Seahouses fire stations each had their old electric heaters removed and replaced with Kensa ground source heat pumps fed by boreholes drilled in the fire station forecourts. Kensa published a project blog to document key milestones in the project: click here. Project scope At each building, a new ground source heat pump system including boreholesand new wet heating system was installed. The existing heating system was removed. In all cases, the buildings had to remain operational while the works were ongoing. Kensa Contracting Ltd were responsible for the full system design carrying out detailed surveys to enable room specific heat losses to be calculated to enable correct sizing of the heat pump and t