altherma news december 2010

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The complete system, only available from Space Air

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Despite the increase in standard rate VAT from 17.5% to 20% from 4th January 2011, the reduced rate VAT remains unchanged at 5%. This applies to residential air source heat pump (and other energy saving materials/technology) installations. Zero rated VAT applies where installations are for new houses.

GOOD NEWS! Reduced rate VAT for energy saving materials, remains unchanged in 2011.

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Take advantage of the reduced rate of 5% VAT on any domestic refurbishment project.

The complete Daikin Altherma system available only from Space Air - consists of the Daikin Altherma outdoor heat pump unit, the indoor hydro-box and controls, the DHW storage cylinder, piping kits, watt meters, commissioning and an optional maintenance package. The high quality accessories fully complement the Daikin range of equipment, comply with latest building and water regulations and protects and guarantees the manufacturer’s warranty.

Equipment and installation costs for a qualifying project must be on the same invoice to benefit from the reduced rate of VAT.

What is covered under residential?

• Houses, flats or other dwellings

• Children’s home

• Hospices

• Homes providing care for the elderly, disabled or people who suffer drug or alcohol dependency or mental disorder

• Institutions that are the sole residence for at least 90% of their occupants

• Monasteries, nunneries and similar religious accommodation

• School and university residential accommodation

• Self catering holiday accommodation

• Permanently sited caravans (7m plus long or 2.3m wide)

• Permanent house boats (subject to council tax)If you require additional information on the reduced rate VAT, go to

www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/sectors/consumers/energy-saving.htm

Equipment, controls, complete piping kits, insulation, watt metres, user operation manuals, can only all be supplied by Space Air, a fully MCS accredited company.

http://www.spaceairsolutions.co.uk

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/sectors/consumers/energy-saving.htm

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This raises many questions, How will they replace the faulty units? Do they have qualified personnel to do the work? How long will it take? What will the end user do? When/how will they be notified? Will the manufacture be able to track down all the units? Do they have all actual addresses? The cause of this problem is not just about the quality of products, but the infrastructure in place to tackle such issues.

Not all heat pumps are the same.Recently announced in the press, a manufacturer has recalled all their packaged heat pumps.


Space Air, working with Daikin Europe (the manufacturer) since 1980. Daikin is the largest dedicated air conditioning & heat pump manufacturer in the world.

Space Air has 30 years experience operating across the UK from their 60,000sqft HQ in Surrey & regional offices in Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds & Manchester, Employing over 100 qualified staff with collectively over 600 years experience in Daikin products. Both Daikin & Space Air are ISO 9001 (quality) & ISO 14001 (environmental) accredited & certified.

To date over 70,000 Altherma Air Source Heat pump have been sold through-out Europe operating in all weather conditions, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Poland, Netherland, Sweden, Austria, UK etc ..

Space Air’s infrastructure entails;• Design liability & responsibility.

• Accurate & efficient logistics with full traceability from manufacture to commissioning & maintenance.

• Over 500 in-house manufactured & pre-fabricated accessories ensuring precise & minimised site installation.

• In-house comprehensive training, commissioning, maintenance, after sale support, spare parts.

• Full documentation, certification, manuals and operating instructions with National Call no. direct to our after-sales engineers for each end user information.

• Internal Database that is unrivalled, tracking, when & where the product was manufactured, when & where the product was delivered, when & where the product was installed & how many service & warranty calls have been recieved.

• Access to Daikin Europe Field Services data bases tracing any installation, service & warranty issues.

• All electricians, plumbers, maintenance or refrigeration engineers involved are fully qualified as appropriate to Part P / Part G & more importantly - refrigerant handling certified (F-Gas).

• All products are commissioned & maintained by Space Air’s own in-house team, or representatives of our fully qualified established dealer network with commissioning data logged by Space Air.

• Direct maintenance support protecting the manufacturer’s 3 year warranty.

Telephone: 01483 252 252Email: [email protected]

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Threshold of hearing

Dear Customer,

Another 1st for the Daikin Altherma air to water heat pump range.

The only system of its type in the UK to receive the NAS Quiet Award due to the units low level noise.

FromSpace Air SolutionsMarketing Department

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The entire range of Daikin Altherma products has been awarded the Quiet Mark from the Noise Abatement Society (NAS), the first heat pump range to receive this recognition in the UK.


The Daikin Altherma product range receives NAS Quiet Award.


Who are the NAS?

The NAS raises awareness and finds solutions to noise nuisance in order to protect,

improve and respect the rural landscape and hearing health for the public benefit,

wildlife and marine life.

The NAS Quiet Mark is the only mark of its kind to recognise the significance of

quiet products to the general public.

www.noiseabatementsociety.com for further information

• Recognising the pioneering role industry plays in investing in and supporting quiet technologies, the societies ‘Quiet Award’ confirms the complete Daikin Altherma product range operates at very low sound levels.

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‘Altherma’system as low as 30 dB(A)

Dear Customer,

Take advantage of the reduced rate of 5% VAT on any domestic refurbishment program.

If you require additional information go to

www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/sectors/consumers/energy-saving.htm

FromSpace Air Solutions

Tel: 01483 252 252

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Reduced rate of 5% VAT on Air Source Heat Pumps for residential and charity buildings refurbishments.

DID YOU KNOW?


Reduced rate of 5% VAT.

16/06/2010

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Households create a quarter of all emissions, so as an incentive to purchase greener alternatives there is a reduced rate VAT on energy saving materials and this includes Air Source Heat Pumps (both heating and cooling). A dedicated air source heat pump is estimated to save in excess of two tonnes of carbon emissions per year.

What is covered under residential?

• Houses, flats or other dwellings

• Children’s home

• Hospices

• Homes providing care for the elderly, disabled or people who suffer drug or alcohol dependency or mental disorder

• Institutions that are the sole residence for at least 90% of their occupants

• Monasteries, nunneries and similar religious accommodation

• School and universaity residential accomodation

• Self catering holiday accomodation

• Permanently sited caravans (7m plus long or 2.3m wide)

• Permanent house boats (subject to council tax)

How the reduced rate VAT works.

Equipment and installation costs for a qualifying project must be on the same invoice to benefit from the reduced rate of VAT. Therefore the contractor will purchase an Air Source Heat Pump at the standard 17.5%, but will sell to the qualifying customer at the reduced rate of 5% VAT.

The ‘input tax’ (VAT paid by the supplier when the purchase is made) will be more than the ‘output tax’ (VAT you charged) and the difference between the two can be reclaimed from Customs and Excise via the normal quartlerly VAT return.

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Dear Customer,

The clock on your Daikin Altherma system needs to be changed manually when switching from wintertime to summertime and vice versa.


Tel: 01483 252 252Web: spaceairsolutions.co.uk

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Sunday 28th March 2010 at 1am the clocks go to 2am. That means lighter evenings are ahead, but you will lose an hour in bed.


British Summertime Begins.The clocks go forward.

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Don’t forget to change

the time manually on

your Daikin Altherma

sophisticated controller

on Sunday 28th March.Cost effective

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benefits




To set the Clock and Day

1. Hold down the schedule timer button for 5 seconds.The clock read-out and the day of week indicators start flashing.

2. Use the time adjust button to adjust the clock.

Each time the timer up and down buttons are pressed, the time will increase / decrease by 1 minute. Keeping the timer up and down buttons pressed will increase / decrease the time by 10 minutes. The clock is always displayed in 24 HR format.

3. Press the programming button once to confirm the current set time and day of the week. The clock read-out and the day of week indicators stop flashing.

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Dear Customer,

We are pleased to announce that the Daikin Altherma air to water heat pump system qualifies for an additional £400 grant, under the latest government initiative - the boiler scrappage scheme.


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Space Air Solutions’s air to water inverter heat pump system, the Daikin Altherma, qualifies for a further £400 under the latest government initiative - the boiler scrappage scheme.


The governments new boiler scrappage scheme!!!

18/02/2010

Space Altherma is one of very few renewable heat technologies that has been specifically designed

to replace the conventional fossil fuel boiler and can qualify for grant support under all of the following

schemes;

1) The latest governments initiative - the boiler scrappage scheme - £400.

2) Low Carbon Building Performance phase 1 - up to £900 (or 30% of total cost, whichever is lower).

3) Reduced VAT at 5% for refurbishment projects for the whole system.

• Contact Space Air for advice and support on the boiler scrappage scheme or other grant schemes where the the Daikin Altherma air to water heat pump system qualifies.

• Other grant support schemes e.g. for the application of Air Source Heat Pumps may be offered by some energy providers and through local authority initiatives, it is always worth making the enquiry.

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Available for anyone within privately rented or owned property, looking at replacing the existing G rated* or worse, ‘working’ boiler with an A rated boiler or renewable micro generation technology, such as the Daikin Altherma system from Space Air.

*How do I know if it is G rated or worse?

If your boiler has a pilot light it is very likely to be G-rated or if it is gas-fired and over 15 years old or

oil-fired and over 20 years old.

Space Air celebrating 30 years

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6 models 6 models 200,260L

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Dear Customer,

The clock on your Daikin Altherma system needs to be changed manually when switching from summertime to wintertime and vice versa.


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Sunday 25th October 2009 at 2am the clocks go back to 1am. That means darker evenings are ahead, but you get an extra hour in bed.


British Summertime Ends.The clocks go back.

20/10/2009

Don’t forget to change

the time manually on

your Daikin Altherma

sophisticated controller

on Sunday 25th October.Cost effective

withenvironmental

benefits




To set the Clock and Day

1. Hold down the schedule timer button for 5 seconds.The clock read-out and the day of week indicators start flashing.

2. Use the time adjust button to adjust the clock.

Each time the timer up and down buttons are pressed, the time will increase / decrease by 1 minute. Keeping the timer up and down buttons pressed will increase / decrease the time by 10 minutes. The clock is always displayed in 24 HR format.

3. Press the programming button once to confirm the current set time and day of the week. The clock read-out and the day of week indicators stop flashing.

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Dear Customer,

We are pleased to announce that Daikin Europe N.V obtained the Eco-label for the Altherma air to water, air source, heat pump system.

The Eco-label represents products in the top of their class concerning environmental performance and is recognisable by its distinctive flower logo.


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Eco-label is a European Scheme to verify a product’s higher efficiency and environmental performance. Daikin Europe NV is the first in it’s

sector to obtain this classification.

Altherma, has been awarded the Eco-label:


In being awarded the EU Eco-label, Altherma manufactured by Daikin Europe

NV, and supplied by Space Air, was assessed in a range of categories:

• heating efficiency

• refrigerant global warming potential (GWP)

• noise

• absence of RoHS substances

• training

• documentation

• 10 years availability of spare parts

• detailed information at point of sale.

The bottom line: Altherma has higher energy efficiency and less global

warming impact than other heat pump products in its class.

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The ‘Flower’Official Eco-label in the EU

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Dear Customer,

We are pleased to inform you that the April budget confirmed an extra £45 million allocated to the LCBP.

£10 million to Phase 1. £35 million to Phase 2.To qualify for LCBP grant support the products and the installer companies must be registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).


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The April budget brought some very good news. An extra £45 million allocated to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP).


New Grant Funding for Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP)


LCBP Phase 1, which provides grants for the installation of microgeneration technologies, including

air source heat pumps, for households, community organisations, public, private and non-profit

sectors. It will receive an additional £10 million of funding and the programme is being extended

from July 2010 to April 2011.

Under LCBP Phase 1, air source heat pumps can qualify for grants of up to £900 or 30% of the total

installation cost (whichever is the lesser amount).

LCBP grant support

extended until April 2011

Air Source Heat Pumps now on the

LCBP technology list

The additional £35 million of funding has been allocated to LCBP Phase 2 - but also, the range of

qualifying technologies has been extended to include air source heat pumps (originally missed of the list!).

LCBP Phase 2 has now been extended to April 2011. The extra funding now means that the

programme can provide funding of up to £200,000 or 50% of the installed cost of approved

technologies for charitable organisations, community groups, the public sector, including schools,

hospitals and housing associations.

• To qualify for LCBP grant support the products and the installer companies must be registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).

• The Altherma air source, air to water heat pump, by Daikin is MCS certified: MCS HP0006.

• The Low Carbon Building Programme is managed by the Energy Saving Trust.

• Other grant support schemes e.g. for the application of Air Source Heat Pumps, are also offered by some energy providers and through local authority initiatives, it is always worth making the enquiry.

Dear Customer,

We are pleased to announce that from the 28th May 2009, the Altherma split type air source heat pump system by Daikin was approved under the MCS scheme.

We believe this will lead to wider recognition of the Altherma’s cost effective and environmental benefits.


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Space Air is pleased to announce that the Altherma split heat pump system was approved 28th May 2009 under microgeneration products. Certificate: MCS HP0006


The Altherma split heat pump system now approved under Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS)

04/06/2009

The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is an independent scheme in two parts, that certifies

microgeneration (1)products and (2)installers in accordance with consistent standards.

It is designed to evaluate microgeneration (1)products and (2)installers against robust criteria providing

greater protection for consumers.

• MCS certified products may qualify for grant support under the LCBP scheme (low carbon building programme).

• Space Air operates with a network of installers trained to manufacturer’s standards and with a Space Air / Daikin approval certificate. All Altherma installers must carry this certificate to

validate the manufacturer’s standard warranty.

• Other grant support schemes e.g. for the application of Air Source Heat Pumps may be offered by some energy providers and through local authority initiatives, it is always worth making the enquiry.

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Dear Customer,

We are pleased to announce that from the 17th December 2008, Europe recognisesHeat Pumps as Renewable Energy Sources. Space Air believes this groundbreaking decision will lead to wider recognition of theircost effective environmental benefits of heat pump technology.


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On the 17th December 2008, the European Parliment’s Plenary Session adopted with an overwhelming majority of 635 votes the compromise agreement on the new EU Directive for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources.


Europe Recognises Heat Pumps as Renewable Energy Technology


Space Air has been actively involved with the HPA in arguing the case for aerothermal and hydrothermal

energy and believes this important and ground breaking decision will lead to wider recognition of

the cost effective environmental benefits that can be achieved, particularly through the specification

and use of air source air-to-air and air-to-water heat pumps in both commercial and residential

applications.

• The EU definition of Renewable Energy Sources was expanded to include aerothermal and hydrothermal energy.

• For the first time under EU legislation, heat pumps are now recognised as a renewable energy technology, alongside wind turbines and solar panels.

• It was also agreed that Member States shall strengthen their national renewable action plans.

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