communal heating scheme News
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How to put residents at the heart of community heating schemes
Community heating specialist Switch2 Energy has published a free guide on how to design and implement heat networks around the needs of residents. The Joined Up Thinking Guide to Community Heating advises developers and landlords on the steps they must take to place customers at the centre of their heat network plans. New rules under the CIBSE Heat Networks Code of Practice, the Heat Trust ...
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Switch2 wins government funding to improve heat network performance
Switch2 Energy has won funding from The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) to improve efficiency and carbon performance across 9 of the communal heating schemes it operates. The £4.175 million HNES government grant scheme supports performance improvements to existing heat networks. The aim is to deliver sustained efficiency savings in fuel consumption and carbon emissions to provide a ...
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Discover latest changes to heat network regulations at seminar roadshow
Switch2 Energy is hosting the free breakfast briefings in partnership with Penningtons Manches Cooper (in London on Thursday 14 November) and Addleshaw Goddard (in Leeds on Thursday 21 November). Delegates from the housing and energy sectors will hear the latest legislation updates affecting district and community heating schemes from new regulator the Office for Product Safety & Standards. ...
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Tackle key challenges of heat network performance at free London event
‘Heat Networks: Cost, Carbon, Compliance’ – a conference hosted by Switch2 Energy in London on Thursday 19 January – will explore challenges facing owners and operators of communal heating schemes. Local authorities, housing associations and private developers with heat networks in their portfolio are invited to the free conference. Event hosts Switch2 will be joined by ...
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Heat network regulation is backed by Switch2 Energy
A recommendation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to regulate heat networks has been backed by community and district heating specialist Switch2 Energy. As members of the Heat Network Task Force, Switch2 has been calling for regulation of the sector for some time. The Task Force was launched by The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), in partnership with industry ...
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New full-service heat network ESCo partnership launches
Community and district heating provider Switch2 Energy has partnered with its sister company Ylem EPC, a specialist energy contractor, to launch a new full-service heat network ESCoSwitch2 EPC ESCo Services will provide a complete end-to-end service for the life of the district heating scheme. This includes feasibility, design and construction, commissioning, financing, long-term operation and ...
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Free and impartial advice on heat networks now available on the new Switch2 Energy website
Switch2 Energy is delighted to announce the launch of its new website – focused on addressing the key challenges that face the community and district heating industry. The website is designed to provide the ultimate user-friendly experience to both heat network owners, and residents living on community heating schemes. The completely redesigned website offers visitors a fresh and richer ...
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Experts explore solutions to improve effectiveness of heat networks
The push to create more UK heat networks to decarbonise heat supplies is prompting renewed calls for regulation of the sector and a need to improve the effectiveness of district and community heating schemes. A recent seminar, hosted by The Housing Forum and community and district heating specialist Switch2 Energy, debated the regulatory and performance issues facing the heat network sector as ...
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Switch2 Energy celebrates double success with Fife Council
The Fife framework is used by local authorities and registered social housing providers across Scotland and England to ensure value for money, quality and compliance when procuring technologies and services for community and district heating schemes. Following a rigorous assessment process, Switch2 has now been approved to supply the complete long-term operational needs of heat networks. This ...
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Switch2 launches accredited CPD heat network seminar programme
District and community heating specialist Switch2 Energy has launched a new programme of accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars – covering all aspects of heat network delivery, metering and compliance. The CPD seminars count towards CIBSE, CIH and RICS CPD requirements. They are approved by The CPD UK Certification Service , which provides rigorous, independent ...
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Free seminar shows how to energise heat network efficiency
How to energise the efficiency of heat networks to benefit residential customers is the topic of a free breakfast seminar in central London on Thursday 23 November 2017. Guest speaker, Phil Jones, Chairman of the CIBSE CHP & District Heating Group, will highlight the essentials of best practice from the CIBSE & ADE Code of Practice for Heat Networks . He will explain how developers and ...
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New guide explains 3 steps to improve heat network efficiency
The heat network efficiency guide explains the 3 steps operators can take to maximise performance of the UK’s 17,500 existing schemes, many of which perform at low efficiency levels. Switch2 calculates that increasing efficiency by 30% on a poor performing heat network (serving 300 properties) could save more than £110,000 and 298 tonnes of CO2 per year. That’s based on gas ...
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Conference explores how to raise heat network performance for cost & carbon reduction
Hosted by heat network specialist Switch2 Energy, the event will explore solutions to three major challenges facing the industry. These are how to reduce operating costs and residents’ energy bills; how to reduce carbon emissions, and how to comply with tougher new regulation.Guest speakers from Ofgem; The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero; Ener-Vate, and Shoosmiths will join ...
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Digital Innovation Award success for Switch2 Energy
Switch2 Energy has won the Digital Innovation Award in the prestigious Decentralised Energy Awards, which celebrate the UK suppliers and products that are driving sustainable energy excellence. The award recognises Switch2’s ICON electronic heat interface unit (HIU) , which is helping to improve the efficiency of heat networks by up to 35% – resulting in major cost and carbon ...
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Seminars show how to design and deliver efficient, compliant heat networks
How to improve heat network efficiency, and the Competitions & Markets Authority's (CMA) proposed regulation of the district and community heating sector, will be under discussion at two free breakfast seminars this autumn – hosted by Switch2 Energy and Winckworth Sherwood. The first event on Thursday 27 September will look at how to optimise heat network performance by taking a more ...
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Switch2 Energy appoints new heat network construction director
Simon has more than 25 years’ experience of developing and delivering clean energy infrastructure – from design and development of power transmission and distribution networks – to low and zero carbon decentralised community energy projects. He was previously Head of Delivery at both Vattenfall Energy Solutions and E.ON, where he led development and delivery of low and zero ...
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Triple success for Switch2 Energy in sustainable energy awards
Switch2's new ICON electronic heat interface unit (HIU), which provides full remote monitoring of heat networks – to improve efficiency by up to 35%, has been nominated for the Technology Innovation award. The company has also received a double nomination in the Heat and Efficiency Project award category. This marks its success in delivering exceptional efficiency and carbon savings at two major ...
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Double success for Switch2 Energy in awards for district heating excellence
The company is a double finalist in the Heating and Ventilation (H&V) News Awards, which are an annual celebration of achievement and forward thinking across the building services industry. Switch2, which provides complete end-to-end management of community heating schemes, has reached the finals of the District Heating Project of the Year Award, for its partnership with Sheffield City ...
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Switch2 Energy scores hat-trick at The Energy Awards
Switch2 Energy has been shortlisted for a hat-trick of national energy awards in recognition of its 35-year contribution to the community and district heating industry. The heat network specialist is a triple finalist in The Energy Awards – for the categories of Supplier of Year, Innovation, and Energy Data Collection and Analysis. Kirsty Lambert, Director of Switch2 Energy, said: "We are ...
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Webinars show housing providers how to deliver on next generation heat network ambitions
Heat network specialist Switch2 Energy and lawyers Winckworth Sherwood are hosting two webinars to help housing providers plan and deliver next generation low and zero carbon heat networks. The free online events are open to housing associations, local authorities, private housing developers and build-to-rent investors. The first webinar, on Tuesday 13 October, will show housing delegates how ...
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