Eco-Conscious Hot Water Solutions for Business Projects
At Apricus Eco, we provide complete heat pump hot water system design and supply services—ensuring you get the ideal system for the job, every time. Our New Zealand-based team offers full technical support and quality control across the board—for specifiers, installers, and clients alike. With long-term access to replacement parts and dependable warranty service, you can trust Apricus Eco to deliver efficient, future-ready hot water solutions tailored to commercial needs.
Why choose hot water heat pumps?
Reduce energy use and carbon emissions
EMISSIONS 75% reduction in energy use compared to gas water heaters and standard efficiency electric elements.
Save Money
Reducing energy use also reduces operating costs, permanently.
Hot water all year
Even in the coldest winter temperatures CO2 and R290 heat pumps perform excellently. Guaranteed hot water even at -20°C, and exceptional performance the rest of time with average air temperatures.
Long term cost certainty
Switching from gas avoids the spiralling cost of fossil fuels, and sudden price hikes.
Environmentally friendly refrigerants
Apricus Eco only use natural refrigerants CO₂ and R290 (propane), for their lowest Global Warming Potential (1 for CO2, 3 for R290), and zero Ozone Depletion Potential.
Minimal maintenance
Top quality heat pumps, cylinders and components, from leading global manufacturers ensures reliability is maximised and maintenance minimised.
Why choose Apricus Eco?
Complete systems | Site-specific solutions | New Zealand based support
Apricus Eco provide a complete heat pump hot water system design and supply meaning you get the ideal system for the job, every time. We go to great lengths to ensure that everything has been considered when installing a heat pump system. You can rely on our process every time.
Calculate DHW load
- 24 hour demand
- 2 hour peaks
- Seasonal demand profile
Consider site-specific requirements
- Temperatures; flow, return, Building Code compliance
- Ring main; e.g. an older building with uninsulated ring
main and high heat loss - Space available; external and/or internal plant area
- Electrical capacity available
- Minimum winter air temperature
- Sensitivity to noise levels
System design
- Most appropriate refrigerant; CO₂ or R290
- Heat pump output and cylinder size
- Hydraulics; series or parallel, direct or indirect, expansion, pipe sizes, valves, ring main integration
- Site-specific layout
- Wiring, controls and BMS integration
Ready to talk commercial hot water?
Flowsmart High-efficiency commercial hot water systems.
LOW TO MEDIUM DEMAND
- 500 to 6,000 L DHW /day
- 5 kW to 30 kW
- Maximum output temperature: 60 °C
EXAMPLE USE
Modern motel with 20 rooms and a well-insulated ring main
LOW TO MEDIUM DEMAND
- 500 to 15,000 L DHW /day
- 6 kW to 100 kW
- Maximum output temperature: 75 °C
- App control and BMS integration
- Optimised for ring mains
EXAMPLE USE
Hotel with 200 rooms and uninsulated pipework on ring main
MEDIUM TO HIGH DEMAND
- 3,000 to 100,000 L DHW /day
- 40 kW to 600 kW
- Maximum output temperature: 90 °C
- App control and BMS integration
Energy source: Air and/or water
EXAMPLE USE
Food factory using 50,000 litres of hot water per day.
We have demonstrated that we have quality health and safety systems in place.
Commercial Installation Example
Waikato University
Apricus Eco is working at Waikato University to remove all gas water heaters on the Hamilton campus. The University has installed FlowSmart CO₂ and R290 hot water heat pump systems on halls of residence, laundries, sports facilities and office conversions. With a choice of different heat pumps, the team can make technology decisions that optimise performance for every site’s needs. The installations have seen up to 75% reduction in energy for hot water, with associated cost and carbon emissions savings. All the systems are modular, which ensures excellent levels of redundancy and resilience. The systems deliver all the hot water for hundreds of students, who love their hot showers!
The University of Waikato aims to become carbon neutral by 2030. Currently, 33% of its energy consumption is from gas
Yann Lemonnier
Utilities Engineer Waikato University
We urgently need to shift our heat and hot water production to a more sustainable solution. Our biggest concern was providing a sustainable solution that fit the end users’ needs. Our gas assets were oversized and did not necessarily meet the end users’ expectations.
Apricus Eco has been very thorough in their approach by talking to both the end users and our team to understand what the expectations were (end user side), and how our team wants to evolve from the old system to a modern solution. We haven’t heard any complaints since the systems were installed; some have been installed for 2-3 years. There was no issue with the Apricus Eco solutions integrating with our existing infrastructure.
Responsive
Apricus Eco has always prioritised understanding the client’s needs by thoroughly examining every aspect of the projects.
Their main focus was to meet our goals, including transitioning away from fossil fuel energy and delivering a solution that is both affordable and energy-efficient. The systems have proven to be very reliable. There was only one occasion when the system’s temperature didn’t meet the stakeholder’s standards, but Apricus responded quickly to resolve the issue.
Dependable
Apricus Eco has always been very responsive in its approach. Last year, we only had around two months before the end of the year to finalise the designs of four difficult projects.
Despite the tough deadline, they finalised a design, finished the installation of one of the projects before Christmas, finished the design of the three others, and ordered all the parts before the end of the year. These three projects were difficult as the scope changed multiple times. We could fit these projects into our 2024 budget thanks to their reactivity.
The team at Apricus have specialist expertise in the design, specification and supply of energy efficient, renewable heating systems. We offer the best technologies to combat climate change whilst keeping your organisation running smoothly.
