Adia

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥: 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Most homes are still heated with fossil fuels. Despite growing pressure for low-carbon alternative, gas boilers still dominate residential heating in the UK and Europe. Our latest investment, Adia Thermal, is addressing this challenge head-on by making heat pumps a viable, cost-effective solution for homes previously reliant on gas. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘈𝘥𝘪𝘢? Adia’s innovative system combines hardware with advanced machine learning algorithms, enabling heat pumps to be installed without the costly and disruptive home modifications typically required. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭: 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭. ▶️𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: When combined with the UK’s £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme, Adia’s system reduces upfront heat pump installation costs to as low as £1,500—undercutting highly emitting traditional gas boilers. ▶️ 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Adia-enabled heat pumps can be installed in just 1-3 days, bringing them in line with gas boiler timelines and opening the previously inaccessible distressed boiler breakdown market. ▶️ 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞: The system allows the UK’s 130,000 gas boiler engineers to install heat pumps with little additional training. By making heat pumps easier and cheaper to install, Adia could seriously move the needle on the 18% of emissions attributed to gas boilers in the UK. We’re excited to partner with B. Luke Hodgkinson, Nikita Smeshko, CFA, Sam Duke, and Shaun Kaufmann, PhD as they scale and accelerate the transition to greener homes across the UK and beyond. For a more in depth look at Adia, read our investment notes: https://lnkd.in/gSdM_iVR #Twynam #Adia #decarbonisation #heatpumps #climateaction #innovation #investment

Happy Modulation Ratio day. I made that up. In boiler land, some brands (like Viessmann) are well regarded for having huge modulation ratios, but we don't really talk about this in Heat Pump world, where it's arguably more important! I was just digging through Ecoforest docs on their R290 heat pump and they claim an 80% modulation ratio, with compressor curves to match! It looks like their compressor's hit top efficiency at 30-40% capacity and they can therefore run them lower before hitting a cycle. Is there a tradeoff of worse performance at the top end? Question - do any other R290s beat this, or even publish this kind of data? Let's Name and.... Proclaim the best for modulation ratio.