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Last seen: Oct 28, 2026
@derek-m Surely that depends on what you are trying to calculate. Degree days will tell you about demand (load) profile whatever the heating technolo...
It deserves an explanation if collectively we can find one. You seem to have done many of the obvious things right, and it would be instructive to fi...
I havent found a source of hourly data over an extended period of time which is available for free (you can get about a months worth at a time here:/p...
My answers in short to the questions asked (I can provide more detail on request): 1. No, I would trust this and other forums. Government/Industry ...
If that is the case (which I can, sadly, easily believe) then its very badly set up indeed. The energy used should be about one third. Running costs...
Hopefully I didn't say quite that (and if I did, I apologise)!. I base my more nuanced comments on 1. reading the MCS rules 2. getting 10 qu...
@dougmlancs interesting, I'm surprised it's that high although with new properties being small it's perhaps not surprising. Having had combos in...
Quite possibly not. However ASHPs are associated with air-conditioning and LPAs are accustomed to imposing noise constraints. So I think we have to ...
@chickenbig I don't think it puts additional red tape on A2A because it says 'used' not 'capable of' (fortunately). Most A2W HPs are also 'capable ...
There seems to be little dissent that the above package of measures would be a good set to open up the market in the way that is necessary to achieve ...
I think its fair to say that a consensus has emerged on this thread (with a few exceptions of course) that, if we are to achieve the mass roll out of ...
Of course, not just heat pumps, everything. That's why I started this thread, to see if I could get agreement on how to make the money objective and ...
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