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• Community Heating Posted on 1 February 2023

  On Demand Webinar | How to reduce outages on communal heating systems

  How to reduce outages on communal heating systems 

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• Community Heating Posted on 5 January 2023

  How to reduce costs on your community heating with maintenance

  In this blog, our Head of Market Strategy, Ian Allan, reflects on the changes to communal heating systems in the last 30 years and explores how going back to basics with maintenance can help housing associations, local authorities and private developers deliver significant savings. 

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• Community Heating Posted on 4 January 2023

  Communal heating: How effective operation and maintenance can tackle rising tariffs

  It is often commonplace in the UK for communal heating systems to be underperforming. Heat network efficiency is not only critical to reducing operating costs and carbon, but it also plays a crucial role in helping tackle rising resident debt.

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• Community Heating Posted on 5 December 2022

  On Demand Webinar | How heat meters can mitigate the energy crisis

  How can heat meters mitigate the energy crisis?

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• Community Heating Posted on 24 November 2022

  Communal Heating: How your residents benefit from data-driven targeted maintenance

  The operation and maintenance of communal heating has often been an after-thought, with heat network owners often bundling the maintenance of the network in with the contracts for the maintenance of their housing stock with conventional heating systems e.g., individual gas boilers. However, the current economic climate means that communal heating scheme operators must now consider specialist operations and maintenance, not only to save on operating costs but also to benefit residents. Here’s why…

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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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