In just over a year, the tepeo team has doubled in size. As the British manufacturer grows, it continues to create new opportunities in the green sector for engineers and innovators. The successful expansion with its new facility will not only increase the number of zero emiissions ZEB®’s produced but also provide a new home for some of tepeo's growing team. 

The additional offices will further support British innovation, as the new facility has allocated space for research & development and production. It also provides tepeo’s engineers with a space to innovate and create more advanced and accessible ways to decarbonise the UK’s domestic heating. 

With oil and gas boilers due to be phased out by 2035, the demand for alternatives will grow and become imperative. tepeo’s decision to open and operate an additional facility is driven by the need to meet the growing demand for the ZEB and ensure tepeo can continue to deliver a substantial contribution to the Net Zero targets the UK needs to meet to decarbonise the domestic heating sector.

Johan du Plessis, founder and chief executive of tepeo, said: 'Our mission is to become leaders in low-carbon heating solutions. We need to increase our manufacturing capacity to build more of our Smart Heat Batteries to achieve this.

The expansion is not just a success story for the company but a promising development for British manufacturing. Opening our new facility reflects the increasing demand for low-carbon home heating technology. It is a tangible sign of what the future will hold for tepeo and how we think about home heating.”

Speaking on the opening, Lord Callanan said: “The UK is a world leader in decarbonising, becoming the first major economy to halve its emissions between 1990 and 2022. Reducing carbon emissions from our homes is key to helping us push further and support families towards Net Zero. It gives me great pride to see British manufactured technology, like tepeo’s heat batteries, contributing to our mission and giving consumers a greater choice in switching from fossil fuels to cleaner, greener heating.”