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Kensa and Passiv UK to cut bills for heat pump owners

Tamara Birch, senior writer, The Eco Experts
Written By
Maximilian Schwerdtfeger
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Published on 24 February 2026
  • Passiv is Kensa’s first dedicated smart controls partner
  • The new partnership is available nationwide
  • The thermostat aims to cut energy bills by 30%
Passiv smart thermostat
The Passiv Smart Thermostat works out of the box with Kensa heat pumps, requiring no additional hardware. Credit: Passiv

Heat pump manufacturer Kensa has partnered with Passiv UK to offer smart controls for ground source heat pumps. 

As part of the new partnership, Kensa will be offering the Passiv Smart Thermostat to give heat pumps users smarter, optimised control, as well as heat pump-specific controls that aim to cut heating bills by up to 30%. 

The Passiv Smart Thermostat works out of the box with Kensa heat pumps, requiring no additional hardware. It automatically replaces manual weather compensation setup by dynamically optimising the heat pump’s flow temperature in real time. 

Homeowners and residents will also get both wall controls and controls via the Passiv app. 

Ned Lamb, director of commercial strategy, Kensa, said that this partnership with the Passiv Smart Thermostat with no extras needed, means homeowners and residents can make the most of smart tariffs and flexibility markets. 

Under the partnership, Lamb said that Passiv has become Kensa’s first dedicated smart controls partner. 

Ian Rose, sales and strategy director, Passiv UK, said that the Passiv Smart Thermostat makes living with a heat pump simple by intelligently controlling the heat pump to increase heat pump efficiency. 

“This is the future of home energy. With smart controls built in, heat pumps take care of themselves, keeping homes comfortable, cutting energy use, and even letting homeowners earn money when the grid needs them most,” he said. 

The Passiv Smart Thermostat is available for nationwide installation from Kensa, and Kensa customers will also gain access to Passiv’s Greener Grid Payments scheme, which rewards households for helping balance the electricity grid during periods of constraint. 

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Tamara Birch, senior writer, The Eco Experts

Tamara is a journalist with more than six years experience writing about environmental topics. This includes advising small businesses on cost-effective ways tom become more sustainable, from installing to solar panels and heat pumps and reducing waste. She has used her journalist and research skills to become highly knowledgeable on sustainable initiatives, issues, and solutions to help consumers do their bit for the environment – all while reducing monthly costs. Now, she’s using this experience to advise homeowners on the benefits of installing low-carbon technologies. She is also qualified in offering innovative initiatives to improve sustainability practices in businesses, from advertising to marketing and publishing.

Her passion for sustainability and eco-friendly solutions stems from a long obsession with nature and animals and ensuring they feel looked after. In her free time, Tamara enjoys reading fantasy novels, visiting the gym, and going on long walks in new areas.

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Maximilian Schwerdtfeger

Max joined The Eco Experts as content manager in February 2024 and became deputy editor in 2025. He has written about sustainability issues across numerous industries, including maritime, supply chain, finance, mining, and retail. He has also written extensively for consumer titles like City AM, The Morning Star, and The Daily Express.

In 2020, he covered in detail the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) legislation on sulphur emissions and its effects on the global container shipping market as online editor of Port Technology International.

He also explored the initiatives major container ports and terminals have launched in order to ship vital goods across the world without polluting the environment.

Since then, he has reported heavily on the impact made by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices on the supply chain of minerals, with a particular focus on rare earth mining in Africa.

As part of this, in 2022 Max visited mines and ports in Angola to hone in on the challenges being faced by one of the world’s biggest producers of rare earth minerals.

His most recent sustainability-related work came much closer to home, as he investigated the eco-challenges faced by independent retailers in the UK, specifically looking at how they can cut emissions and continue to thrive.

Max lives in South London and is an avid reader of books on modern history and ghost stories. He has also recently learned to play the game Mahjong and takes every opportunity to do so. He is also yet to find a sport he doesn’t enjoy watching.

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