The recently released Wilo Stratos PICO small circulator pump – the most energy efficient small pump you can buy – that offers up to 90% energy savings over similar uncontrolled pumps that are still at the heart of millions of domestic heating systems around the UK -  has won its first award. It achieved a Highly Commended award in the Heating, Plumbing, Ventilation and Building Services category of the Self Build Product innovation Awards.
 
The highly efficient new pump will be featured at the National Home Building and Renovating Show at the NEC from 18th – 21st March 2010. People involved in Self Build projects – at any one time there are more than 25,000 self-build projects taking place across the UK – tend to specify high quality products as they intend to stay put in their self-built homes and enjoy the fruits of their labour long term, and usually for longer than the average stay in a home in the UK which is around seven years. Because of this, they tend to go for higher quality products and higher specification components in their homes and Wilo pumps have always been popular with Self Builders looking to combine quality with energy savings.

 

The PICO is right at the top of the class when it comes to energy efficiency savings with an average annual electricity consumption of just 46.5 kWh for a typical home. According to standard Europump Commitment measuring procedures, when it comes to electricity consumption, PICO is more efficient than any other ‘A’ class pump you can buy.

 

The new PICO offers reliable starting and maximum convenience from its high starting torque and its in-built de-blocking software. It’s simple to set up and quick to install and features a display with a consumption reading along with a thermal insulation shell as standard.

 

Its compact design allows this little high efficiency pump to fit into any set up you care to choose. And on top of that  it comes with a  clever new power connection mechanism. With the Wilo Connector that comes with the Wilo-Stratos PICO, you simply connect the cable to the patented plug connection, plug this into the corresponding connection on the pump and you’re connected!

As a bonus, the big display incorporated into the pump allows the homeowner to read the current power consumption and total electricity consumption at any time. 

 

“We’re delighted when any of our products win awards,” says Wilo (UK) Ltd MD Gary Mannus, “ but we’re particularly pleased when we win an award because of the contribution our products make to energy efficiency and reductions in carbon emissions – both of which this new pump provide . As a company we have always prided ourselves at being at the forefront of energy efficiency technology and the PICO is the most recent of a whole string of excellent products we’ve released to reduce the cost of pumping water around domestic heating systems.”