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Can heat meters pay for themselves?

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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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• Metering and billing Posted on 21 June 2022

  Unmetered Series: Unmetered is unmanaged

  With the cost of energy, fuel, food and inflation affecting everyone across the country and the world, there have been fewer moments than ever before where actions can be taken that will make a real impact to people’s lives, especially to the lives of those in society who are feeling the strain more than others.

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• Community Heating Posted on 20 April 2022

  Combatting fuel poverty through heat metering

  Rising energy prices are a concern for many in the UK and around the globe at present. According to the latest BEIS statistics, in 2020, there were an estimated 13.2 per cent of households (3.16 million) in fuel poverty in England under the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) metric.

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