Daikin delivers cash prize for Victorian homeowner

A lucky homeowner in London has been presented with a cheque for £7,500, contributing towards installing a new Daikin Monobloc heat pump in his Victorian property – showing that there is a sustainable solution for all types of home.

Architect Simon, who lives in a beautiful Victorian property in North London, is the winner of a Daikin UK competition, that was launched in October last year to mark the Government increasing the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) grant from £5,000 to £7,500.

Celebrating 100 years of climate care this year, Daikin UK wanted to help one lucky consumer get their heat pump project underway, through a combination of Daikin support and government funding. The aim was to highlight the available financial support and to promote the wide variety of Daikin products suitable for every home. To enter the competition, consumers could either complete a project and register their warranty or sign up for the Daikin newsletter – more than 10,000 entries were registered.

Daikin’s range of heat pumps can replace fossil fuel-based systems to heat residential spaces and provide hot water. They can also provide cooling in the summer and can be low or even zero-carbon when combined with a green energy tariff or solar panels.  A raft of new heat pump-friendly price plans is also being offered by energy suppliers to encourage the shift to heat pumps, helping homeowners to save money, future-proof their properties and reduce their carbon footprints. 

Daikin’s HHT product has a leaving water temperature of up to 70 degrees Celsius and has been tested by Quiet Mark to prove it can operate at 35 decibels – that’s as quiet as your local library. Due to the high water temperature, in many cases, people can use their existing radiators, as demonstrated by Simon’s installation.

Simon commented: "Winning the competition simply because I registered my warranty was great for me. I’ve found the process of installing a heat pump surprisingly straightforward, given that some people say it cannot be done on an older property. My home is from the 1870s and I have kept existing radiators and sash windows as I didn’t want to lose any of the character, inside or out. The heat pump has kept my home comfortably warm even during the colder winter months. With a recently increased amount of £7,500 available from the government it felt like the right time to upgrade my home, to better use the electricity from my solar panels and substantially decarbonise my heating system"

Jay Fitzgerald, Residential Marketing Manager, Daikin UK Limited commented: “At Daikin, we continue to want to reward people who sign up for our informative email for the climate-conscious homeowner and reward those who register their warranty on a new Daikin heat pump. We were so happy to hand over the cheque to Simon who has undertaken a fabulous decarbonising home improvement project, adding a Daikin Monobloc to his beautiful home. Huge congratulations to him. The practicality of the product and the government’s increased incentives really does suggest that it has never been a better time to get a heat pump installed.”

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