Octopus Energy recently launched the smart heating system Cosy Octopus with the vow: ‘This paves the way to heat pumps for everyone.’ It launched the heating system at the WIRED & Octopus Energy Tech Summit in London. It will be available from December.
It consists of the ‘Cosy 6’, Octopus’ new heat pump; ‘Cosy Hub’, a home controls system; ‘Cosy Pods’, room sensors; a bespoke smart tariff and the award-winning Octopus 5-star service.
‘Cosy Octopus’ is free for businesses and homes that don’t need any work to fit the system after the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS). The system will enter the market with a 6kW heat pump – aimed at a typical three-bed home – with more and larger models following over the next six months.
‘Cosy 6’ is Octopus Energy’s first heat pump built entirely in-house and has six patent applications pending. It isn’t just as warm as a boiler, but its radical new design ends the world of ‘ugly heat pumps’ and the ‘Cosy Pods’ ensure comfort across the house, efficiently. Powered by Octopus’ technology platform Kraken, the Cosy eco-system works seamlessly to offer the best performance at the cheapest and greenest times, allowing customers to save money on heating bills without compromising on comfort.
Octopus entered the heat pump market in 2021 with the launch of Britain’s first R&D centre for heat pumps. Since then, the company has invested over R1-billion to drive the rollout of heat pumps and help decarbonise the economy whereby the heating of buildings accounts for over 17% of carbon emissions as part of wider efforts to reduce these emissions and reach net zero.
The Energy Tech Summit was hosted in partnership with WIRED.
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