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Jo Alsop - The Heating Hub Profile picture
Jo Alsop - The Heating Hub
@theheatinghub
Me: To tell my children I did what I could to halt climate change Business: Helping households take action to decarbonise their homes & spend budget wisely
Feb 22, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Heat pump grants were only going to subsidise installs for 90k households, but apparently it's on track to deliver just half by 2025

What we lack is Gov commitment & a huge consumer info piece. In other EU countries this has been done at community level

bbc.co.uk/news/science-e… As @RegAssistProj point out, info sharing & community engagement produces results

In Germany, Gov & utility companies worked together on a huge marketing campaign, including radio adverts & community level trade fairs/town halls, with Gov representatives

raponline.org/knowledge-cent…
Oct 27, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
£150 billion on the untargeted energy support package (now to be reviewed by treasury) is £5,395 for every UK household. Money that should have been spent a decade ago insulating our homes. 2nd best strategy, spend it now. The average cost to upgrade from D-C EPC rating is £6,155 The Gov's own 2017 Clean Growth Strategy said "the cost of policies delivering cleaner energy, support for vulnerable households & investing in upgrading our buildings accounts for 12% of an average energy gas and electricity bill. However these costs are on average more than...
Oct 26, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Next request to @RishiSunak is for building regulations to be moved to @beisgovuk. It currently sits under Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. If BEIS is split into climate & business, building regulations need to move to climate. Little 🧵 2018 Boiler Plus let basic heating controls in the back door, which means boilers still fall short on their A-rated label efficiency. If we're to meet our net zero targets we need compensation controls mandated through building regulations and all others excluded.
Aug 15, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Thanks @BBCRadio4 #YouandYours for flagging our guidance on how save ££ with a few adjustments to your condensing combi boiler

83% of condensing boilers are C-E-Rated in the home, not A-Rated. Equivalent to just 75-85% efficient

Our tips to clawing back some efficiency here🧵 You can safely turn down the heating flow temperature on your *condensing combi* boiler yourself to save 6-8% on your gas bills

You will have a *condensing* boiler if you have a white pipe under the boiler

You will have a combi boiler if you DO NOT have a hot water cylinder