Inside Buckinghamshire’s new low-carbon housing development – heated entirely by heat pumps

Copas Brothers Construction has fitted four Baxi air source heat pumps at Hedsor Billinghurst in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, a rental-focused new-build development designed to meet the upcoming Future Homes Standard. 

Four Baxi air source heat pump (ASHP) systems are supplying efficient, low-carbon heating and hot water at Hedsor Billinghurst, a new-build housing development in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, comprising two four-bedroom and two five-bedroom properties.

Copas Brothers Construction, part of the progressive, family-run rural estate Copas Farms, now specify heat pumps for all their new build development homes, futureproofing the properties ahead of incoming low-carbon regulations under the Future Homes Standard. 

Unlike many housebuilders, Copas retains its properties as rental homes, making long-term reliability and ease of maintenance key considerations when selecting a heating solution.

As part of the Baxi ASHP service, the company’s experts were at hand to offer their support and expertise at every stage of the project. Frequent site visits to understand the project requirements and early design support, including heat-loss calculations and Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) inputs, helped Copas make informed specification decisions from the outset.