Kensa Heat Pumps has won £92,000 of government funding to develop an online dashboard using AI to monitor single or multiple ground source heat pumps.
Kensa’s new project, Predictive Remote Engineering Diagnostics Integrated Communication Tool (PREDICT), is set to develop the new dashboard. The 19 month project, worth £263,000, is part-funded by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero through their Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. Kensa is one of 37 British companies to get a share of a £19m Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EFF): phase 9.
Using AI, the dashboard is set to provide alerts of potential faults before they occur and suggest how to combat them through a predictive and proactive maintenance package, according to a statement.
Dan Roberts, technical director at Kensa Heat Pumps, said: “We’re delighted to have been awarded funding under EEF to develop the PREDICT dashboard which will benefit our customers and make the transition from gas boilers towards heat pumps more financially favourable.
“Linking ground source heat pump operating data with the new dashboard and predictive maintenance package will reduce the costs associated with unexpected maintenance and heat pump ownership, increasing consumer confidence in the technology.”