Heat Pumps for Social Housing
Using social housing heat pumps, grants tenants unlimited access to affordable heating throughout the year. Heat pumps offer social housing institutions the ability to dramatically reduce fuel poverty by reducing a household’s heating bills and ultimately relieving them of the ultimatum known as ‘heat or eat’.
The heating systems provided by Clade are also fully compliant with the Climate Emergency Declaration (CED) and will contribute greatly towards reducing the carbon footprint left by social housing across the United Kingdom.
Benefits for residents and social housing providers
Upgrading to heat pumps enables social housing providers to deliver safe, sustainable, and affordable warmth to residents. The technology not only lowers emissions but also supports long-term energy security, helping landlords meet government targets while improving quality of life for tenants.
- Cutting household energy costs: Clade heat pump systems use renewable energy from the air or ground, delivering the same comfort with far less energy, reducing tenants’ heating bills.
- Tackling fuel poverty: By keeping homes warmer for less, heat pumps help protect vulnerable residents and reduce the number of households struggling with energy costs.
- Future-proof compliance: Designed to meet and exceed the 2025 Future Homes Standard.
- Low running costs: Long-lasting, low-maintenance systems that reduce household energy bills.
- Empowering residents: Each property benefits from simple, independent heating and hot water controls, giving tenants flexibility over comfort levels and energy use.
- Reliable, year-round performance: Designed for durability and consistency, Clade systems provide dependable heating year-round, with the added option of cooling during warmer months.
- Driving decarbonisation goals: For housing providers, heat pumps offer a proven route to lowering emissions and meeting carbon reduction commitments under the UK’s net-zero framework.
- Funding: A range of UK funding and grants from HaaS to SHDF and PSDS.
How Clade Helps Social Housing Providers
Delivering effective heat pump systems for social housing requires more than just technology, it takes planning, collaboration, and long-term support. Clade partners with housing providers and local authorities to design, manufacture, and install efficient, low-carbon heating systems that improve tenant wellbeing and help meet decarbonisation targets.
End-to-End Project Delivery
From site surveys to installation and handover, Clade manages the entire process. Our in-house engineers design systems tailored to each housing scheme, ensuring optimal performance, cost efficiency, and compliance with building standards.
Compliance-Driven, Future-Ready Design
With upcoming regulations like the Future Homes Standard, compliance and sustainability are key. Clade’s systems are engineered for low-temperature operation, efficient emitters, and strong insulation integration, helping providers cut emissions, achieve SAP targets, and future-proof their housing stock.
Expertise in Multi-Home and Networked Systems
Clade has extensive experience delivering networked and communal heat pump systems across large housing estates and apartment blocks. We coordinate with project teams to provide scalable, easy-to-maintain solutions that serve multiple homes efficiently while supporting individual billing and energy monitoring.
UK Manufacturing & Ongoing Support
As a UK-based manufacturer and installer, Clade offers full lifecycle support, from local production to maintenance and optimisation. Our dedicated service teams ensure each system continues performing at its best, giving housing providers peace of mind and residents reliable, affordable warmth year after year.
Types of Heat Pumps in Social Housing
Clade designs, manufactures, and installs tailored heat pump solutions for social housing — from individual air source systems to shared ground loop networks. Our systems are engineered for efficiency, reliability, and compliance with the Future Homes Standard.
Networked Heat Pump Systems
Networked systems connect multiple homes to a shared renewable source, such as a ground loop array. Each property has its own Clade heat pump, drawing energy from the loop for heating and hot water. This approach reduces heat loss, supports individual billing, and scales easily across estates.
Air Source Heat Pumps
Air source systems extract renewable heat from the air, providing efficient, low-carbon heating for homes year-round. Clade’s precision-designed air source units are ideal for both retrofit and new-build projects, offering easy installation, reliable performance, and the flexibility to serve individual homes or multi-property networks.
Ground Source Heat Pumps
Ground source systems harness the stable temperature of the earth for maximum efficiency. Clade designs and installs bespoke ground source solutions using boreholes or horizontal loops, delivering consistent, low-maintenance performance and long-term carbon savings for social housing providers.
Smart Heating
Clade heat pump systems integrate seamlessly with smart controls, learning each household’s heating habits to optimise comfort and efficiency. By automatically adjusting operation to avoid peak grid times, they lower energy bills and carbon emissions. Ground source systems, in particular, help balance grid demand, maintaining high efficiency day and night while taking advantage of variable, lower-cost tariffs.
HEAT PUMP SERVICES FOR SOCIAL HOUSING
Founded in 1985, Clade Engineering Systems has years of experience in everything heat pumps related from research and development, through design and installation, to aftercare and maintenance. Our Customers benefits from the peace of mind of knowing that Clade will be there to help every step of the way.
FAQs About Social Housing Heat Pumps
Yes. Heat pumps are ideal for social housing because they reduce energy bills, lower emissions, and provide reliable heating. Clade designs systems for everything from single dwellings to large-scale estates and apartment blocks, ensuring performance and affordability for residents.
Not necessarily. Once installed, heat pumps operate automatically and can be paired with smart controls. Tenants can easily adjust settings for comfort, while Clade provides guidance and training to ensure residents get the most from their system.
Savings vary depending on property type and insulation levels, but most developments see significant reductions in both running costs and maintenance expenses. Over time, heat pumps deliver lower lifetime costs compared to traditional gas systems.
Yes. Clade has extensive experience retrofitting heat pump systems into existing social housing. We conduct detailed surveys to assess each property’s suitability and design tailored systems that integrate with minimal disruption.
By using renewable energy from the air or ground, heat pumps provide warmth at a fraction of the cost of fossil fuels. This lowers tenants’ energy bills and helps protect vulnerable households from fuel poverty.
Absolutely. Clade’s heat pumps are designed for the UK climate and operate efficiently even in sub-zero temperatures, maintaining consistent comfort for residents year-round.
Clade provides full aftercare, including system checks, maintenance, and technical support. Our dedicated service team ensures every system continues performing efficiently, giving both providers and residents peace of mind.
Heat pumps significantly reduce CO₂ emissions compared to gas boilers. Installing them supports housing associations and councils in meeting national decarbonisation goals and preparing for the Future Homes Standard.
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