Your GSHP System Design Partner for Evidence-Based Advice
We equip renewable energy, sustainability, and building services consultants with the data, designs, and technical clarity needed to guide clients confidently on low-carbon heating and cooling.
What we do
Your Expert Partner in GSHP Design
Our GSHP design consultancy, founded by ex-contractors who understand the supply chain’s unique demands, collaborates with partners across every project stage.
Comprehensive Feasibility Studies, & Tailored Design Solutions
We offer in-depth feasibility & tailored design services, optimised for large commercial and residential projects to streamline GSHP technology’s integration at every level.
Installation Guidance Across Every RIBA Stage
Specialising in Closed and Open Loop GSHP systems, we support developers, manufacturers, M&E contractors, consultants, and housing associations, to deliver optimal GSHP systems: we are a design-only team and never compete with our clients.
GSHPs for Consultants
If you’re a consultant advising on energy strategy, carbon reduction, or building services design, you’re in the right place.
We understand what’s at stake:
Providing robust, defensible advice to your clients.
Backing recommendations with accurate, project-specific data.
Ensuring GSHP systems meet policy, regulatory, and investor expectations.
Avoiding reputational risk from underperforming systems.
We support your role as the trusted advisor: providing GSHP expertise, modelling, and technical documentation that integrates seamlessly into your wider strategy.
Our GSHP System Design Services
How we get to work: RIBA stages
We’re involved in all RIBA stages of ground source heat pump design for district heat networks: from feasibility to design and construction.
RIBA 1
Preparation and Brief
1 week
RIBA 2
Concept Design
2-3 weeks
RIBA 3
Developed Design
2-6 weeks
RIBA 4
Technical Design
1-6 months
Case Study: Sydney Street, London
We partnered with consultants in Sydney Street District Residents' Association, Kensa Utilities, and Cagni Williams Associates to deliver a feasibility study for a mixed-use ambient loop GSHP network in central London.
Our role:
- Conducted detailed geological analysis to confirm favourable conditions for both open and closed loop systems.
- Produced a borehole plan for up to 174 boreholes at 10m spacing, using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to avoid existing utilities.
- Provided heating demand estimation (1,743 kW peak load) and coordinated utility planning for conflict-free installation.
Result:
- The system is expected to serve approximately 75% of local dwellings, cutting greenhouse gas emissions significantly.
- Infrastructure lifespan of 100+ years with minimal maintenance, delivering long-term economic and environmental benefits.
Why GEL: The Difference We Make
Every project has its own pressures: deadlines, budgets, compliance, and client expectations. Our role is to take GSHP complexity off your desk and deliver a solution you can trust.
- Risk Reduction – Proven design process that prevents delays, cost overruns, and compliance issues before they happen.
- Technical Clarity – Clear, accurate designs that make sense to every stakeholder, from drilling contractors to planning officers.
- Early-Stage Value – Feasibility and modelling that inform confident investment, planning, and procurement decisions.
- Sector Expertise – Experience across contractors, architects, developers, and consultants means we know your priorities.
- Future-Proofing – Designs aligned to MEES, SAP 10, whole-life carbon benchmarks, and evolving net-zero policies.
Our accreditations back it up. See how our compliance and quality standards simplify procurement and build trust.
“I have commissioned Genius Energy Lab for heat pump studies on a number of complex projects and have always found them to be responsive, helpful and very knowledgeable; their expert input has added credibility and confidence to the heat pump proposals and delivered excellent value to us and our clients.”
Consultant FAQs
Learn more about how GSHP technology works and will build a low-carbon future. If you have a question you don’t see answered here, please reach out to our friendly experts.
Yes: we offer peer review services to validate design calculations, system sizing, and compliance before installation.
We combine embodied, operational, and replacement carbon data over a chosen time horizon (often 50–100 years) to give a full performance picture.
We can work under your brand or directly with your client - whichever suits your engagement model.
Yes: from commercial offices to heritage residential, we tailor the design to each building’s needs and constraints.
We can supply reports, drawings, and models in formats ready for integration into your final deliverables.