Geothermal Live! - part of GeoDrilling 2008

30th April - 1st May 2008

East of England Showground, Peterborough

Sponsored by the Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA)

Day 1 - Wednesday 30th April 2008

Session 1 - How Ground Source Heat pumps fit into the Government's plans

Low carbon and renewable energy - developing a UK strategy to 2020 - speaker Caroline Season, Senior Policy Adviser, Low Carbon Energy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (671KB)

Carbon Emission Reduction Targets (CERT) - speaker Dr Penny Dunbabin, Energy Efficiency Analyst, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (210KB)

Ground source heat pumps - a regulator's perspective - speaker Dr John Aldrick, Head Office of Water Resources, Regulation Manager, Envrionment Agency (41KB)

The Road to 2016 - using Merton to achieve zero carbon - speaker Jonah Anthony, Policy Director, Micropower Council (419KB)

Session 2 - Procuring and specifying a ground source heat pump system

Planning and contracting processes, a route map for developers - speaker Duncan Nicholson, Director Arup (924KB)

A building services consulting engineer's perspective of the industry - speaker Keith Horsley, Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers (2MB)

Working with drillers: The procurement, specification and commissioning of drilling services - speaker Andy Howley, Loopmaster Europe Ltd (890KB)

Session 3 - Applications for heat pumps

Heat pump case studies (new and old) - speaker Phil moore, Eco Heat Pumps Ltd (4.5MB)

Commercial open loop installations: best practice - speaker Iain Howley, Loopmaster Europe Ltd (1.3MB)

Open loop ground source energy systems - speaker David Whitaker, Arup (710KB)

Session 4 - Heating system design with heat pumps

Radiators and low temperature heating distribution systems - speaker Bill Bucknell, Chairman of the institute of Domestic Heating & Environmental Engineers (IDHEE) (199KB)

How to design and implement GSHP systems that actually do something about delivering renewable energy and carbon reductions - speaker Dr Robin Curtis, Technical Manager, EarthEnergy Ltd  (2.4MB)

Session 5 - Lessons learnt form the GSHP process

Low Carbon Buildings Programme Phase II and its implications for the second phase of the Energy Efficiency Commitment/ Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) - speaker Mike Newell, Low Carbon Product Manager, E.on (598MB)

EST field trials for domestic installations of heat pumps - Speaker Jaryn Bradford, Renewables Development Manager, Energy Saving Trust (EST) (18KB)

Case studies of a large domestic application (1,400 homes) and large commercial application - speaker Guus Van Gelder, Co-founder, Groen Holland (3MB)

Day 2 - Thursday 1st May 2008

Session 1- Thermal response testing

Case study: installation of a 200m closed loophole for client BAA at Stanstead and subsequent thermal response testing - speakers Dr Gary Holmes Engineering Manager, WJ Groundwater Ltd (767KB) and Julian Hatherall, Associate (Hydrogeology), WSP Environmental and Energy (415KB)

TRT measurement facilities: advanced compact device for the in situ determination of geothermal characteristics of soils - speaker Professor Lyesse Laloui, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (701KB)

Formation thermal conductivity testing - speaker Alan Skouby, President of Geothermal Resource Technologies Inc. (GRTI) (891KB)

Thermal conductivity cell - speaker Peter Keeton, Laboratory Manager, Soil Mechanics (648KB)

Session 2 - Out of the ground

CO2 tubes - an alternative application of terrestrial subsurface collectors - speaker Karl  Ochsner, Ochsner Heat Pump Company (1.3MB)

Large lake loop installation - speaker Chris Davidson, Technical Director, Geothermal International Ltd (2.4MB)

Innovative ways of improving the performance of ground energy systems such as solar storage or snow storage - speaker Ryan Law, Arup (1.3MB)

Session 3 - The future of Ground Source Heat Pump Installations

Skills and research - speaker Dr Natalie Kruse, Research Associate, HERO Group, Sir Joseph Swan Institute for Energy Research, Newcastle University (1.6MB)

Eco labelling in heat pumps - speaker Rayner Mayer, European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) (112KB)

Successes and aspirations of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association - speaker David Matthews, Chief Executive, Ground Source Heat Pump Asscociation (26KB)

Session 4 - Heat exchange piles

Energy piles in the UK - Speaker Tony Amis, Contracts Manager, Geothermal Operations, Cementation Foundations Skanska Ltd (7.1MB)

Energy piles: The European Experience - speaker Alfons Ebnöther, General Manager, Geothermal Department, Haka Gerodur (3.2MB)

Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat exchange pile - speaker Professor Lyesse Laloui, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (2.3MB)

GSHPA Annual Conference & AGM 2007

'Installing Ground Source Heat Pumps'

4th July 2007, Milton Keynes

Over 100 delegates attended the above seminar, organised by the Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA).

The event was followed by the Association's AGM.

All seminar presentations can be downloaded as PDF files.

Welcome & Introduction (42K)

Karl Drage, Geothermal International Ltd and Chairman of the GSHPA

Industry Snapshot: Government Initiatives, Grants, Microgeneration Certification Scheme, etc. (100K)

Paul Rochester, BERR (formerly DTI)

Why Certification?: the new Certification Scheme, Installation Standards and Best Practice (714K)

John Holden, BRE

Training: what is available and what to expect (35K)

Richard Freeborn, Kensa Heat Pumps

Working with drillers: the do's and don't's, what to look for, questions to ask (271K)

Iain Howley, Loopmaster

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Launch of the GSHP Association -June 2006

Almost 200 delegates attended the inaugural meeting of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association, organised by the National Energy Foundation (NEF) in Milton Keynes on 20th June 2006. The new association has been formed to promote and develop the Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) industry, which is growing rapidly, with installations in the UK increasing by at least 60% each year.

Dr Tim Lunel of NEF said in his keynote address that "Demand for Ground Source Heat Pumps will continue to surge as more and more houses are built to a target of using at least 10% renewables in response to local authorities' Energy Strategies".

Karl Drage of Geothermal International, who was elected as Chairman of the new Association, added "Recent gas price rises mean that homes with Ground Source Heat Pumps now cost less to run than any other fuel. The Metropolitan Housing Association, who have been installing GSHPs since 2001, have found that lifetime costs can also fall below gas, owing to the greater reliability of heat pump units compared to condensing boilers."

Delegates enjoying a break during the GSHPA launch

Many attendees at the launch event signed up as members to the newly formed Ground Source Heat Pump Association. The new Association is open to anyone involved in the industry including potential customers, installers and suppliers. The Association will replace the Ground Source Heat Pump Club which was set up in October 2004 by the National Energy Foundation.

For more information about the Association, please e-mail Theresa Quinn or telephone on 01908 665555.

Presentations at the Launch 2006

These files are all PowerPoint handouts, saved as PDF files.

Ground Sourced Heat Pumps - Our experiences and where to next (207K)
David Hill, Metropolitan Housing Partnership

Building Regs, Planning and Ground Source Heat Pumps (765K)
Dr Kevin Hard, Faber Maunsell

Low Carbon Buildings Programme (95K)
Paul Rochester, DTI

Ground Source Heat Pump - Review and Market Preparation (88K)
Gareth Ellis, NEF

GSHP Club Seminar 2005

A seminar organised by the GSHP Club, the forerunner of the GSHP Association, was held on 12th May 2005 entitled "Ground Source Heat Pumps from heat extraction to delivery!". A number of key speakers from industry in the UK and Europe gave presentations on Ground Source Heating. These are listed here as downloadable pdfs.

GSHP Club (184KB)
Gareth Ellis, NEF

GSHPs in Scandanavia - a success story (1,075KB)
Goran Hellstrom, Lund University, Sweden

Real UK Ground Source Heat Pump Installations - variations on a theme
Robin Curtis, EarthEnergy Ltd
This presentation, which was very large (11,207KB) and is now a little out of date, has been removed from the Association's website, but is available on request by e-mail from the secretariat.

Geothermal Drilling - Its happening now by Jim Raeburn (284KB)
Jim Raeburn, Raeburn Drilling and Geotechnical Ltd

Site Conditions - intial considerations (185KB)
Dr Jon Busby, British Geological Survey

Heat pumps and Underfloor heating - a marriage made in Heaven? (667KB)
Steve Aldritt, Uponor Housing Solutions Ltd

NEF GSHP case study (514KB)
Christine Ballard, NEF