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My background is systems practice so biases are something we spend a lot of time on. Part of the problem is that in many cases the science answer isn'...
Assuming your newbuild insulation was assembled vaguely correctly for most of the year you'd probably find that a single portasplit or similar DIYable...
We sort of do - co-operatives this works, but making it work in most typical fleecehold setups does not, and apart from a co-operative you've then als...
There are a bunch of systems that internally install and are used for flats and Nimbyzones but the better ones are generally proper systems t...
Biofuels don't scale. Or as someone once beautifully put it "biofuels are crap" We've got a bunch of very useful biofuels like methane digesters at ...
"That means I can speak out when I see a conflict between government policies and the best interests of citizens in this country." Just don't hold u...
Some of that depends on the provider. I'd trust the hardware from folks like A&A or Zen for example for most uses as they tend to use good quality...
Yes in terms of air/air + gas versus air/water + gas I think whether they are the same thing really depends on the question At a high level they ser...
If its rented then also factor in the changing rules in EPCs and the new EPC scheme. Under the new EPC scheme although not entirely finalized (more de...
The alternative would be to move some productive energy users to where there is power and give them better pricing, but neither side of our oxbridge p...
@jamespa Energy storage is not a sensible use for hydrogen. It leaks, it attacks the containment and it's extremely hard to store safety. Even well ru...
I'd count air/air in with hybrid systems and in fact even more resilient. To me the real advantage of a hybrid setup is psychological. With a lot of...
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