The savings of combining heat pump and condensing boiler

Glow-worm Simply Hybrid, heat pump, boiler, solar thermal

Glow-worm’s Hybrid domestic heating system is claimed to cut heating bills by up to 30% when replacing an existing standard-efficiency boiler and carbon footprint by up to 40%. Larger savings are possible if the boiler is an old heavyweight model. The Hybrid system combines a boiler and air-to-water heat pump.

The control system automatically selects the most effective heating method at any particular time to deliver the most cost-efficient hating and hot water — whether that fuel be electricity or gas.

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