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Feb 2024
47m 54s

Green Heat (And Cooling) Under Our Feet ...

Michael Liebreich, Bryony Worthington
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Tamsin Lishman joins Bryony this week to talk heat pumps. Tamsin is CEO of Kensa Group, a Cornwall-based manufacturer and installer of ground source heat pumps. Kensa is the UK's only manufacturer of ground source heat pumps. Both air source and ground source heat pumps are rapidly growing technologies, and Tamsin believes that Kensa's heat pumps can - and w ... Show More
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