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Webinar shows heat network suppliers how to comply with new metering regulations
The updated legislation, which came into force on 27 November 2020, requires operators to put their unmetered heat networks into classes. Buildings that are categorised as 'open class' are required to use the revised cost-effectiveness tool to assess whether or not they must retrofit final customer meters or heat cost allocators into individual homes. The 'Retrofitting heat meters: Ensuring ...
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Switch2 launches new compliance service for updated heat network regulations
Switch2 Energy has launched its new Meter2Bill service to help district heating suppliers comply with major updates to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations. The updated legislation, which came into force on 27 November 2020, introduces a new legal requirement to install final customer meters on existing unmetered networks, where demonstrated to be viable. This is already ...
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Higher gas prices improves payback of heat network metering
Record high gas prices have multiplied the payback of installing individual smart metering systems in homes connected to heat networks, according to Switch2 Energy. "Residents typically save 35 to 50% on their bills where they have heat meters and pay only for the energy they use, rather than a fixed flat rate charge based on a share of the heat network fuel costs, as with unmetered properties, ...
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Switch2 Energy is approved as supplier on Heat Metering and Billing Framework
Heat network specialist, Switch2 Energy, has been awarded a place on the Fife Council Heat Metering & Billing Services Framework Agreement, which will support participating local authorities and housing providers to deliver fully compliant projects and services with the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations.Following a rigorous tender and assessment process, Switch2 has been fully ...
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EPA Presents Heat Metering Framework to ASTM/IAPMO Partnership
Memorandum of Understanding Will Lead to Standards for Thermal Energy ASTM International and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials signed a memorandum of understanding on Dec. 20, 2011, to establish a framework of cooperation for the development of ASTM standards for heat metering. The MOU resulted in part from a meeting hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Discover heat network regulation and compliance updates
The Office for Product Safety & Standards, which is now responsible for enforcing the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations (HNMBR), will brief delegates on the latest legislation updates at the seminar. Enforcement Manager Mili Malic will share findings from the recent HNMBR consultation, which included proposals for a new cost-effectiveness tool to assess the viability of ...
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New updates to heat network regulations to be announced at seminar roadshow
Changes to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations and compliance best practice will be discussed at Switch2 Energy's autumn breakfast seminar series. The first free event will take place in Central London on Thursday 26 September, in partnership with legal specialist Winckworth Sherwood. New regulator, the Office for Product Safety & Standards, will present at the seminars to ...
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Webinar shows how to get more from heat network metering & billing
The hour and a half-long webinar will run on Tuesday 19 May at 10am, replacing Switch2's face-to-face workshop in Birmingham, which will now run later in the year The online event will take place again on Thursday 21 May at 2pm. Michael King, co-convenor of District Energy Vanguards Network, will introduce the interactive webinar. Other speakers include Marko Cosic, Director of Coheat, and Ian ...
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Seminar focuses housing professionals on latest updates to heat network regulation
The event is being hosted by heat network experts Switch2 Energy and legal specialist Winckworth Sherwood, who will be joined by the Office for Product Safety & Standards, which is responsible for enforcing the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations. Heat suppliers from housing associations, local authorities and the private sector are invited to the seminar for an update on the ...
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Updates to heat network regulations announced
Speaking at a recent heat network compliance seminar, hosted by Switch2 Energy and Winckworth Sherwood, Enforcement Manager, Mili Malic, explained the latest regulatory changes. She also announced the next phase of heat network regulations consultation, which is now open and will close on 9 January 2020. Mili Malic briefed delegates on changes to the Duty of Notification process. This obligation ...
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Workshops show how to get the best from your heat network
The morning workshops in London on Wednesday 26 February and Birmingham on Tuesday 19th May are being supported by Switch2 Energy, with speakers including Marko Cosic (Coheat) and Tina Buchanan (Aberdeen Heat & Power). Michael King, co-convenor of District Energy Vanguards Network, will chair the events. "Many housing associations and Local Authorities are trying to get to grips with the ...
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MWA Technology sprints past 10,000 meter mark
A businessman who set up a meter solutions company in Birmingham five years ago has reached important milestones in his quest to become the leading UK supplier of metering equipment and has recruited new senior staff to help with the continued expansion of his company. A businessman who set up a meter solutions company in Birmingham five years ago has reached important milestones in his quest to ...
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Heat network webinars available free on-demand
Community and district heating specialist Switch2 Energy has made its ‘lockdown learning‘ heat network webinars available free on-demand to professionals from the housing, construction and property sectors. More than 600 people attended the live webinars, which cover best practice in the planning, design, development and operation of heat networks. Now hundreds more will be able to ...
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Nuneaton and Bedworth Council selects Switch2 for heat metering project
Switch2 will retrofit its award-winning pay-as-you-go G6 smart meters to 170 homes across five residential sites – all served by communal heat systems. The initial five-year contract will also include meter maintenance, a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) facility and customer service provision. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council is one of the first Councils in England to purchase metering equipment ...
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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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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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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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Free guide explains important updates to heat network regulations
The clock is ticking on the 27 November 2021 deadline for heat network suppliers to assess whether it will be compulsory to retrofit final customer meters in around 170,000 unmetered homes on their networks. Where metering is proved viable, they have less than a year (by 1 September 2022) to complete installations, which can deliver huge cost and carbon savings of 35 to 50%. The free guide ...
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Understanding the CMA market study, a free seminar on proposed regulatory changes affecting heat networks
District and community heating suppliers are invited to a free seminar session, discussing the Competitions and Markets Authority’s (CMA) study into heat networks, and the potential impact this could have on the industry and its customers, in Central London on Thursday 21st June 2018. Expert advice on the potential regulations from the recent CMA update paper on heat networks is the topic ...
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Switch2 Energy announces Bitesize heat network webinar series
The first half-hour webinar in the series takes place on Wednesday 24 February at 12 noon and will focus on recent updates to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations. Delegates will find out how to complete the revised notification process, including the method for assessing whether they need to fit final customer meters on existing unmetered networks. This will be followed 2 weeks ...
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