Low flow temperature is the point
Underfloor heating manages on a lower water temperature than radiators. The lower the temperature the system needs, the better the heat pump serving it performs.
All energy measures
Heating and hot water
Waterborne heating
Waterborne heating is the distribution system, not the heat source. It is what lets a home use a heat pump, district heating or a solar collector instead of electricity alone.
See what this means for your homeThis measure is relevant if
- The home is heated with panel heaters today
- You are planning a heat pump or district heating
- Floors are being torn up or poured anyway
- You are extending or renovating on a large scale
What it does to energy use
Freedom to change the source
With waterborne heating the source can be replaced without touching the distribution. It is a system that outlives the source.
Thermal mass evens the temperature
A poured floor with heating pipes holds its heat. That gives an even temperature but makes the system slow to turn down again.
Expensive to retrofit
In a finished house it means tearing up floors or adding a screed that raises the floor level. The cost depends heavily on whether something is being done anyway.
Sequence matters
Waterborne heating goes in before the heat source is chosen, and preferably at the same time as the building envelope is upgraded — both require opening up structures. The other way round means choosing a pump for a system whose flow temperature you do not yet know.
Enova funding
Waterborne heating is not a measure of its own at Enova, but the heat sources that feed it are: air-to-water and ground-source heat pumps, biomass boilers and water-jacketed stoves. The support follows the source, not the pipes.
Rates and terms change. What you can receive depends on the building, how the work is carried out and which schemes apply at the time. Always check Enova's own pages before relying on a figure.
The rates tell you what you can receive. The calculation tells you what the measure actually does to your home — how much it saves, what it costs, and whether it should come before or after the others.
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