Aquarea air-to-water heat pumps
A small change that changes everything
About the scheme
The Panasonic Green Homes Cashback scheme could give you up to £600 cashback on your completed Aquarea installation when you replace your existing boiler or heat pump.
Cashback Scheme Steps
- Replace mains gas, LPG, electric or oil-fired boilers with an Aquarea Heat Pump or old heat pump*
- Meet the relevant criteria – CZ-TAW1** connection and Smart Cloud Activation
- Submit a cashback claim
- Along the way, ensure you take advantage of the government grants on offer if you are eligible.
Eligibility
Our scheme is open to private homeowners in the UK.
To be eligible for the scheme, you will need the following:
- Replace mains gas, LPG, electric or oil-fired boilers with an Aquarea Heat Pump or old heat pump*
- To complete your installation between 1 October 2020 and 31 August 2021 by a suitable Heat Pump Installer
- CZ-TAW1** connection and Smart Cloud Activation
- To have paid for your installation
*the heat pump must be 15 or more years old.
**HT units are not compatible with the CZ-TAW1 controller or cloud software, but units are still valid in the cashback scheme. Claims to be made without the Cloud Device ID information submitted.
Full terms and conditions available here
Domestic RHI Scheme (dRHI)
The dRHI scheme is a further government financial incentive to promote the use of renewable heat whereby homeowners in the UK can receive a grant of over £12,000* for installing a Panasonic air source heat pump.
* Deemed demand 20,000kWh from EPC, installing WH-SXC09H3E5 on underfloor heating using 35°C flow, CPI of 1% (11/04/2018).
- Payments will be made on a quarterly basis for seven years.
- This payment will be based on the EPC deemed figure of energy required for the property (maximum total deemed figure to be used in calculation is 20,000kWh),
- The scheme is Tax Free and index linked.
- An MMSP (Metering and Monitoring Service Package) can be fitted, which offers an extra payment of £1610, 50% in the first year, balance paid over the 7 years.
- Homeowners will need to provide evidence that the property is your main residence and that you have basic energy efficiency measures in place, such as 250mm of loft insulation and cavity wall insulation, where appropriate.
- The Heat Pump installed and installers must be MCS certified (or certified by an equivalent scheme).
- An EPC Assessment must be carried out on your home by Energy Assessor, and may be subject to a charge.
Click here for more information on the Domestic RHI Scheme
Potential savings
| Property Type | Space Heating Load (kWh) | DHW Load (kWh) | Total Load (kWh) | Electrical Draw to generate Total Load (kWh) | dRHI Payment First Year | Full dRHI Payment over 7 Years** | MMSP | Panasonic Cashback | Total Benefits (dRHI + Cashback) |
| 2-Bed Bungalow | 5500 | 2000 | 7500 | 2095 | £586 | £4333 | £1610 | £250 | £6193 |
| 3-Bed Terrace | 8000 | 2500 | 10500 | 2933 | £821 | £6066 | £1610 | £350 | £8026 |
| 4-Bed<br/> Semi | 12000 | 3000 | 15000 | 4190 | £1172 | £8667 | £1610 | £350 | £10627 |
| 5-Bed Detached | 16500 | 3500 | 20000 | 5587 | £1563 | £11556 | £1610 | £600 | £13766 |
| *Using average SCoP 3.58 for Panasonic ASHP listed on MCS @ 45º flow temperature (https://mcscertified.com/product-directory/) | |||||||||
| ** Consumer Price Index 1.8% (2019) (https://www.statista.com/statistics/306648/inflation-rate-consumer-price-index-cpi-united-kingdom-uk/) | |||||||||
Aquarea: Future-ready energy
Air source heat pumps are a cleaner, safer, cheaper, and an environmentally friendly alternative to other heating and hot water systems using fossil fuels such as gas, oil, or other electric heating systems.
Air source heat pumps:
- Provide sustainable heating, cooling and hot water for your home
- Reduce heating bills and maintenance costs
- Reduce your carbon footprint
- Are simple to integrate into most heating systems
- Are highly compatible with other energy efficient energy sources, e.g. solar panels
- Are externally positioned, saving valuable internal living space
What is Aquarea Smart Cloud?
The most advanced heating control for today, and for the future. Aquarea can be connected to the Cloud with CZ-TAW1, enabling both the end user control and remote maintenance by service partners.
Benefits and Functions
- Adjust the temperature of your home from anywhere via your mobile, tablet or laptop, on the go or from the comfort of your own home
- Set daily, weekly or monthly timer for your heating and hot water requirements
- Save on your energy bills with the holiday mode activation
- Save energy usuage by creating up to two zones within your home and adjust the temperature seperately within each zone
- Provides powerful energy usuage statistics by day/week/month
- Intuitive and easy to use interface
- Internet connection with router Wifi or wired LAN
How much Cashback will I get?
Switch to Panasonic and get up to £600
Based on air-to-water heat pump technology, Aquarea is highly efficient and an ideal choice for homeowners who are looking to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes.
The Aquarea range includes:
Aquarea High Performance
Aquarea T-Cap
Aquarea HT*
The amount of cashback that you will receive depends on the capacity of the heat pump you have installed:
*HT units are not compatible with the CZ-TAW1 controller or cloud software, but units are still valid in the cashback scheme. Claims to be made without the Cloud Device ID information submitted.
Making a Claim
Once you have replaced your existing boiler or old heat pump with an Aquarea system, to make a claim, you will need:
- Proof of purchase
- *Photographic evidence of the installed outdoor unit and boiler it has replaced
- Product code and serial number
- Smart Cloud Device ID
*preferred but not mandatory
To submit a claim, register via the link below.
START MY CLAIM