In collaboration with the Environment Agency (EA), we have developed a web-based tool that provides an indication of whether suitable conditions exist in a given area for open-loop ground-source heat pumps (GSHP). The tool was developed within a GIS and maps the potential for open-loop GSHP installations (heating/cooling output over 100 kW) in England and Wales at the 1:250 000 scale.
Service address
Enter this address into your WMS client: https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GSHP/GSHP_WMS/MapServer/WmsServer
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Non-commercial use — acknowledge the material.
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