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With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thought! Reduce the BUS to £5,000 and allow 4% government backed loans for a 7yr period (length o...
I would be interested to see the results of this Octopus system and efficiency, the system needs to run 2 compressors to produce the same value of coo...
@rob-of-york Agreed, a hybrid approach has always been championed but never supported so far by the Gov. I also agree that the use of AC in the summer...
@editor Do you think it will be for the better or we will see the collapse of the ASHP industry as we know it, think about the amount of money and tim...
I have just come back form a full design on a 140yr old building running on oil, the customer paid for my time and I spent 3hrs designing and running ...
This was interesting and seem like its very expensive over there, was a good one Mars
@ltron2 Please do keep us updated as you move along and progress. I would be interested to hear the outcome after they survey if they do.
So, if they are keeping within the rules to eventually get you the A2A Grant they will need to place an indoor unit in every habitable room, so living...
@donciccio I think you are correct and perhaps I was a bit binary with my response. So if the ASHP A2W covers the whole heating and hot water I think ...
A2A are better at heating than cooling, if the system is designed to offset your solar gain it will be way over the required capacity to heat your hom...
@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between steady state heat loss and dynamic heat loss / gain, rather than bore you with the details we can...
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RE: How much of your renewable and home setup would still work if the internet went down?
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
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