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• heat networks Posted on 15 March 2024

  New Gas Power Plants: A Positive Boost for Utilities and Heat Networks

  In a recent article, BBC News reported that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak emphasised the need for new gas power stations to bolster the UK's energy supply. While this announcement may raise a few eyebrows about carbon emissions, it is important to recognise the positive impact these plants can have on utilities, particularly heat networks. 

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• Community Heating Posted on 29 March 2023

  How to transform heat network performance for cost & carbon saving

  In an article first published by Heating and Ventilating Review magazine, Ian Allan, Head of Market Strategy for Switch2, explains how heat network owners and operators can tackle poor efficiency on communal heat schemes 

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• Community Heating Posted on 7 February 2023

  What is the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)?

  Improving the efficiency of your heat network has never been more important. With unprecedented gas price rises, impending regulation, and net zero targets, heat network efficiency has never been such a hot topic for heat network operators, and for the Government.

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• Community Heating Posted on 5 January 2023

  How to reduce costs on your community heating with maintenance

  In this blog, our Head of Market Strategy, Ian Allan, reflects on the changes to communal heating systems in the last 30 years and explores how going back to basics with maintenance can help housing associations, local authorities and private developers deliver significant savings. 

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• Community Heating Posted on 21 October 2022

  What is heat network efficiency and why is it important?

  In the past, the poor performance and efficiency of heat networks, could be and often was ignored, because low commercial gas prices removed the incentive for operators to ensure their networks were performing optimally. Since the gas crisis however, spiralling gas prices have brought heat network performance into the spotlight, with efficiency identified as the central method of reducing operating costs and costs to residents.

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• Community Heating Posted on 22 September 2022

  Getting fit for heat network improvement funding: Why housing associations and local authorities need to be ahead of the game

  Heat networks in the UK are becoming an increasingly popular way of heating homes under the Government’s strategy to reach Net Zero by 2050. Heat networks have been around in the UK for many years, however due to a lack of knowledge and experience in design, build, operation, and maintenance, have often performed poorly, requiring investment to improve the reliability and reduce costs for building owners and customers alike. This is even more important now that gas and electricity prices are soaring...

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