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Can heat meters pay for themselves?

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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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• Metering and billing Posted on 2 September 2022

  Unmetered Series: The energy crisis and the Cost Effectiveness Tool

  Anyone reading this will likely already be familiar with the 2014 Heat Network Regulations (HNR). The intention of the HNR’s is to ensure heat consumption is in line with what people need. It works on the assumption that if residents' charges are not linked to consumption, they have no incentive to use heat carefully and this leads to unnecessary carbon emissions, cost, and waste.

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• Community Heating Posted on 16 August 2022

  How housing associations, private developers and local authorities can improve the performance and reliability of heat networks without capital investment

  Under UK Government plans to increase the amount of heat which comes from heat networks from around 2% to 18% by 2030, a much-needed paradigm shift in the way heat networks are managed and operated is beginning to take place. This means that building owners can no longer ignore poor performance.

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• Community Heating Posted on 8 August 2022

  Supporting residents: Why heat network performance should be a priority for building owners

  Heat networks are an excellent way of providing low cost, reliable, low carbon heat to the residents. However, things have not always be done as well as they could be. 

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• Community Heating Posted on 29 July 2022

  Heat Network Efficiency: What’s in it for building owners?

  Communal heating schemes have a reputation for being very inefficient. It’s a widely held perception that communal heating means high tariffs for residents, increased standing charges and reduced reliability, making it an unfavourable option for residents. But is there any truth to this?

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• Metering and billing Posted on 8 July 2022

  Unmetered Series: Can heat meters pay for themselves?

  Payback times on the installation of heat meters has historically not been a driving factor in the decision to start metering heat networks. However, the current price of gas represents a unique opportunity to mitigate dramatic effects of the energy price rises and may be the only redeeming feature of the energy crisis – payback times have never been shorter. 

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