Community service
Kensa has broken ground on an exciting new renewable heating project with the St Ives Community Land Trust, a local not-for-profit group working to provide affordable rental homes, right in the heart of the world-famous town of St Ives, Cornwall.
This latest initiative will see Kensa’s Cornwall-made ground source heat pumps installed in the former Old Vicarage, dating back to the early 1800s, which The Trust is regenerating into six new, modern affordable rental homes.
The redevelopment is primarily funded by St Ives Town Deal in partnership with Cornwall Council and will be managed by Mitchell & Son Construction. It involves
drilling five boreholes in the property’s rear garden to access renewable heat energy, which the heat pumps will harness. Due to the Vicarage’s town centre location, the Cornish drill rig had to travel through the building to reach the drilling location.
Scheduled for completion later this year, each new home will feature a compact Kensa ground source heat pump discreetly housed within the property. A combination of Kensa Shoebox NX and Shoebox heat pumps will be installed to deliver highly efficient, low carbon renewable heating and hot water for each property, helping to keep residents’ energy bills and carbon footprints low.
