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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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• decarbonisation Posted on 21 April 2022

  What is a Heat Interface Unit? | The Connected HIU Series | Switch2

  As part of the launch of our next generation ICON HIU, we’re examining the role of HIUs in heat networks. In our first blog on the subject, we’ll be asking what exactly a Heat Interface Unit (HIU) is, and looking at the different types of HIU.

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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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• Community Heating Posted on 5 April 2022

  4th & 5th Generation Heat Networks

  Following this year’s Future of Heat conference, we thought it would be timely to revisit the topic of 4^th and 5^th generation heat networks, and to examine the role that they can play in the effort towards decarbonising the UK.

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• Energy efficiency Posted on 22 March 2022

  The Connected HIU Series: The Electronic HIU

  What are electronic HIUs? 

   

  In our last post, we looked at the key components which make a Heat Interface Unit (HIU). In this instalment, we’ll be looking at electronic HIUs – what makes them different to traditional mechanical HIUs and why they represent a superior alternative to these older generation models.

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• heat networks Posted on 21 March 2022

  The future of heat networks: how to manage challenges and risks in the transition to net zero

  The race to net zero is shaking up the UK residential heat network sector – driving the need for much higher levels of energy and operational efficiency on the journey to affordable decarbonisation.

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