FEATURED POST:
Can heat meters pay for themselves?

Latest posts

• Community Heating Posted on 5 October 2022

  Controlling costs and reducing fuel poverty on communal heating schemes – New Switch2 webinar series

  In the current economic climate, controlling costs and mitigating fuel poverty has never been more important for housing associations, local authorities or private developers with heat networks.

  Read more
• 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...

  Read more
• heat networks Posted on 22 September 2022

  On Demand Webinar | How can heat network tariffs help to mitigate fuel poverty?

  How can heat network tariffs help to mitigate fuel poverty?

  Read more
• 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.

  Read more
• Community Heating Posted on 22 August 2022

  Meet the Team - Georgina McKenzie, Stakeholder Engagement Officer for Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV)

  Switch2 are working in partnership with Greenwich Millennium Village Management Limited (GMVL) to undertake a major upgrade of the existing heat network serving phase 1 and 2 and once complete, Switch2 will operate and maintain the network as a long-term ESCo partner.

  Read more
• 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.

  Read more