News archive for August, 2020
The End of RHI – Lost Income to Heat Networks
Posted on August 12th 2020
The phasing out of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme from 2022 is expected to push up costs to residents on heat networks with newly installed heat pumps, but may provide installation subsidies for individual dwelling systems. The RHI is a generation-based subsidy, providing a continuous revenue stream (pence/kWh) to registered participants for every unit of heat outputted. Plant within …
How pre-testing balcony connectors for thermal bridging brings certainty to your project
Posted on August 12th 2020
Pre-testing psi-values of balcony connectors and thermal breaks enables their consideration from the outset, with untested products ignored due to uncertain thermal performance. Since balconies are especially susceptible to increased heat losses due to the thermal bridging effect, their performance is crucial to meet the energy targets. While it is recommended that bespoke thermal calculations are undertaken for the balconies …
Lower DHW temperatures will reduce heat network costs
Posted on August 12th 2020
New guidance is likely to allow lower heat network operating temperatures, thus helping to minimise heat losses, lower risk of overheating, maximise contributions from heat pumps and consequently deliver better carbon performance. To date, lowering hot water temperatures has been hindered by some building warranty providers which has a requirement for delivery of hot water at the kitchen tap at …
Delivering Social Value – Why is it important?
Posted on August 12th 2020
The main driver of social value is to provide long-lasting, high-quality developments, and is fast becoming a priority for developers and local planning authorities. Social value must be looked at from a local context; stakeholders need to liaise with the local people, community groups and the local authority to establish what will benefit the local area, as well as the …