| Abstract |
Delving back in the archives, seeking some (or even any) evidence of contributions that our individual countries might have played in the development of this technology, the writer has come to the conclusion that the UK story follows the classic British pattern viz: in at the beginning, good theoretical contributions, limited practical deployment by obsessed individuals with no follow through to widespread commercial success! We are now fervently trying to address the last of these, at least in the area of ground coupled heat pumps for delivering heating and cooling to buildings. |