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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating

I've found the actual tariff rates, hidden in the small print explaining how they calculate the savings they claim: "In the calculation for Aira Zer...

9 months ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating

Another interesting development, Aira is now offering a heat pump electricity tariff and optimising heating to take advantage: It isn't specific ab...

9 months ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating

I imagine you are right. If my parents got a ASHP, for instance, they would just want the simplest operation. I'm trying to tell myself that even thou...

9 months ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating

@mikeh Thanks for the latest update, which is helpful as my finger is hovering over the button to accept an Aira quote. Can I ask, is there a way f...

9 months ago
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RE: How I Negotiated a Better Deal on My Heat Pump Installation with Octopus Energy

If it just saves money for the government, I'm sure no installer would ever bid lower than zero (net of the BUS).

9 months ago
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RE: How I Negotiated a Better Deal on My Heat Pump Installation with Octopus Energy

I wasn't thinking it through. Of course the government isn't going to subsidise more than the cost of the ASHP.

9 months ago
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RE: Octopus heat pump

Although you are making a joke, it made me think about what would happen if Octopus could get the total price of the install below £7,500. The £7,500 ...

9 months ago
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RE: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?

Perhaps it might help if I add the following: If a house has a heat loss of 6kW at the design temperature (say, -2C), then to keep the house warm (at ...

10 months ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating

It may have been free for you because they have had to cancel through no fault of yours. But the customer has to sign the contract before they do the ...

10 months ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

@judith Octopus eventually turned me down on the grounds that they will not do any install that requires them to do work on any roof. The only viable ...

10 months ago
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RE: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?

@lucia Are BG specifying a buffer or low loss header? I'm curious whether Brendon's influence has had an effect.

10 months ago
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RE: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?

I found Octopus were just as bad on that. I lost patience and simply told them to bill me for what I use each month. It does mean that budgeting is a ...

10 months ago
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