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• Community Heating Posted on 23 November 2022

  Does flat-rate charging benefit residents?

  In this instalment in our unmetered series, we’ll be looking at Heat Network Regulations (HNR)exempt class buildings with a particular interest towards sheltered housing. Because the Heat Network Regulations (HNR), do not require heat meters to be installed in any buildings falling into the exempt class, sheltered housing has been overlooked as requiring heat meters to be installed, and often remains on a flat rate charging regime(a fixed weekly charge regardless of how much they use).

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• Community Heating Posted on 17 November 2022

  On Demand Webinar | How do you fund performance improvements on heat networks?

  How do you fund performance improvements on heat networks?

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• Community Heating Posted on 7 November 2022

  A year of reflection - How far we've come

  In this blog, Richard Ryland, National Specification Manager here at Switch2, reflects on the year so far following the launch of our now award-winning ICON HIU, sharing his thoughts on the lessons learned and the progress made.

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• Community Heating Posted on 3 November 2022

  Communal heating: Why housing associations, local authorities and managing agents need a plan for operation and maintenance provision

  This blog will explore why building owners with heat networks need to have a proactive data-driven maintenance regime in place to improve operation and efficiency, particularly at a time when residents and operators face eye-wateringly high gas prices.

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• Community Heating Posted on 3 November 2022

  On Demand Webinar | Our learnings from HNES: How to improve heat network performance - which interventions and why?

  Our learnings from HNES: How to improve heat network performance - which interventions and why?

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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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