High Efficiency Small Circulators - before and after Brexit!

Whatever direction you voted in – ‘for’ or ‘against’ Brexit - we all have to get on with abiding by European Directives for now and for the next two years at least until the separation from Europe becomes a reality. With many of the day to day products in use in the heating and plumbing sector being manufactured by European companies – Wilo is based in Dortmund in Germany - it seems highly likely that the legislation already in place, will stay in our consciousness – well beyond the actual act of leaving Europe.

Pumps will continue to be vital to everyone’s lives. Vast amounts of water, grey water and sewage need moving every minute of the day and on a micro scale, every heating and cooling system in our housing stock requires a pump to help circulate the water to bring warmth and comfort to every room in the places where we live. Every home has at least one.

Small circulating pumps are a key component of all wet heating systems in the UK. They perform as standalone pumps or as integrated pumps in combi and system boilers and they keep the water circulating in underfloor heating systems and air conditioning units too. They are responsible for a much higher percentage of overall household electricity usage than many realise which is why old uncontrolled pumps were targeted by European legislation as a key way of reducing residential energy usage.

The fact remains that whilst there are fewer – there are still many millions of old, uncontrolled small circulators operating in heating systems across the UK. So there is still huge potential to further reduce energy use and energy bills. But in many cases it will require the old pump to fail before it gets replaced.

Wilo’s strength lies in its huge research and development programme that sees it constantly developing ever more efficient solutions and improving the ease and speed of installation. Wilo’s series of glandless pumps - Wilo-Yonos PICO, Wilo-Stratos PICO and Wilo-Stratos – are seeing increasing popularity across the board. They are relevant for nearly all applications for heating, air-conditioning and cooling in the building services area.

To find out more about Wilo’s highly convenient, reliable family of high efficiency, ErP compliant small circulating pumps, just click on to www.wilo.co.uk.