Half your laundry drying costs with greener technology

Following on from last month’s blog about reducing time and laundry costs using a chemical disinfection process as opposed to Thermal disinfection (70 degree washing ) , another way to be greener and save a lot of money as well as possible compliance in terms of Gas dryers is to invest in “Heat pump” technology.

Traditional dryers tend to be Gas or electrically heated and require ducting to take warm air outside, GAS dryers need annual Gas safety certificates and require a larger 500mm gap behind the machine for air movement, this can eat into the laundry rooms floor space.

Modern heat pump dryers require no ducting and use very little energy versus a traditional electric dryer, based on .28p per KWH and based on 30 days the savings look like this .

Traditional 25amp Electric 7kg vented dryer:

Cycle time- 46 minutes

Energy & Cost per cycle- 3KW and 84p per cycle

Cost per month based on 8 loads a day £201.60

Heat pump 13amp Electric 7kg dryer:

Cycle time- 67 minutes

Energy & Cost per cycle- 1.2 KW and 34p per cycle

Cost per month based on 8 loads a day £81.60

Monthly saving £120 per machine

These figures are based on a traditional 25amp vented Miele dryer versus the new Miele 7kg 13amp heat pump dryers which are available to see and test at our Exeter and Showroom, whilst the heat pumps are 19 mins longer they save .50p a cycle so averagely £4.00 a day on 8 loads.

If you are interested in understanding how the heat pump machines work please see the Miele video below, or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDGfuTWXSNE alternatively please get in touch and we can visit your home and come up with some site specific figures.

At Gillman’s we can offer heat pump dryers form Miele, Electrolux and many other brands, to learn more contact us via 0800 014 1474 or email commercial@gillmans.co.uk