Daikin announced that Simon, an architect who lives in a Victorian property in North London, is the winner of its competition that was launched in October last year to mark the government increasing the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) grant from £5,000 to £7,500.
He has been presented with a cheque for £7,500, contributing towards installing a new Daikin Monobloc heat pump in his property.
According to a company statement, Daikin UK wanted to help one lucky consumer get their heat pump project underway, through a combination of Daikin support and government funding.
The aim was to highlight the available financial support and to promote the wide variety of Daikin products suitable for every home, it noted. To enter the competition, consumers could either complete a project and register their warranty or sign up for the Daikin newsletter. Daikin said that more than 10,000 entries were registered.
Simon said: “Winning the competition simply because I registered my warranty was great for me. I’ve found the process of installing a heat pump surprisingly straightforward, given that some people say it cannot be done on an older property. My home is from the 1870s and I have kept existing radiators and sash windows as I didn’t want to lose any of the character, inside or out.
“The heat pump has kept my home comfortably warm even during the colder winter months. With a recently increased amount of £7,500 available from the government it felt like the right time to upgrade my home, to better use the electricity from my solar panels and substantially decarbonise my heating system.”
Jay Fitzgerald, residential marketing manager at Daikin UK, added: “At Daikin, we continue to want to reward people who sign up for our informative email for the climate-conscious homeowner and reward those who register their warranty on a new Daikin heat pump.
“We were so happy to hand over the cheque to Simon who has undertaken a fabulous decarbonising home improvement project, adding a Daikin Monobloc to his beautiful home. Huge congratulations to him. The practicality of the product and the government’s increased incentives really does suggest that it has never been a better time to get a heat pump installed.”