Solar-Heat Pump System

The performance of the Solar-heat pump water heating system in Shangri-la Edsa is excellent. It is not free as pure solar energy. It never is. But using heat pump as backup, it's as close to free as it gets. Operating cost is reduced by more than 80%.  Now all steam boilers of Shangri-la Edsa are scheduled to be shut down, except for a small capacity to serve steam and high temperature requirements for kitchen and laundry.

Easily, the solar-heat pump water heating system has become popular to establishments with similarly large hot water consumption like the Bolinao International Retirement Home in Pangasinan.

Limitations of the Solar-Heat Pump water heating systems are:

• Large surface area requirement for panels
• Large installation costs
• Large capital investment on equipment

Although the solar-heat pump water heating system is a very effective and efficient water heating system, heat pump water heating system alone has grown to be even more popular, given the cheap operating costs, 24 hour availability, at a relatively smaller investment and foot print.  Heat Pump Water Heaters, the heart of the Solar-Heat Pump System operate so efficiently that it is common and reasonable to retrofitting working electric and gas heaters and boilers with heat pumps.

Establishments who have previously used gas-fired heaters that have now shifted to heat pump water heaters are the following:

• Victoria Court, Malate
• Victoria Court, Balintawak
• Victoria Court, Las Pinas
• Victoria Court, Escarpment
• Victoria Court, Hill Crest
• Victoria Court, North Edsa
• Astoria Plaza
• Sogo Hotel
• Shangri-la EDSA, Low Zone

Likewise, in view of the rising cost of electricity and gas, new establishments have started investing on these efficient heat pump systems:

• Sogo Hotel, Cainta
• Eurotel, Pedro Gil
• Microtel, Cebu
• Club Ultima, Cebu
• Lewis Hotel, Angeles City
• Elephant Island
• Hamilo Coast Beach Resort
• U-Need Hotel, Baguio

Apart from potable water heating, heat pump water heaters have also become a suitable choice for heating swimming pools. To heat the large volume of water of a swimming pool, a lot of heat energy must be generated. Thus, payback period for replacing gas/electric swimming pool or whilrlpool/spa heaters with heat pumps usually ranges from 2 to 6 months only.

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