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@batpred If it needs a battery to ensure a good outcome with a heat-pump, then the hurdle gets even higher as now the home-owner needs to find the ...
That looks like the direction the policy makers are heading, but I think in reality it won't happen, the extra cost of a heat-pump compared to a simpl...
Here's a few from me: 1. For homes with existing central heating, looking at heat pump solutions and wanting a solution which can provide both heati...
It's the only product I've seen that does this and I couldn't see anyone advertising it yet in the UK. It looks like you could achieve something sim...
The problem is that HVO isn't just easy to use in a boiler, it's also easy to use in trucks and lorries, so it's also being lined up to decarbonise he...
I would have started by spending some of the extra money advertising it and making people with oil heating more aware of its existence. I'd also kee...
Looking at the monthly Boiler Upgrade Scheme statistics, it's hard to understand the cause of the optimism, the number of actual claims being paid flo...
The flammability of R290 / propane can be a hazard, which then requires R290 models to have minimum clearance distances around doors, windows, drains,...
There's another technology option, sat between A2A and A2W which is a hybrid of both which looks quite attractive if it takes off and becomes more wid...
Risk based - does a particular activity/product pose a significant risk to people, in terms of harm, requiring regulation to bring that risk down to a...
I'm not convinced that quite captures the problem because we do have a lot of regulation, we've got volumes of Building Regulations with reams of requ...
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