NET ZERO READY HOMES: DELIVERING THE FUTURE HOMES STANDARD ROUND TABLE REVIEW 31


Question Time: Examining Solutions


In the second half of the debate, we gave the fl oor to the sponsors, all leading suppliers in their respective sectors of the industry ingspan nsulation, len Dimple, ,  nderfl oor eating, and  howers epresentatives from all sponsors posed ey uestions for our round table delegates, and given that three of our sponsors were woring in fi elds that related directly to water use as well as heating, unsurprisingly their uestions revolved around ey issues in this area


MINIMISING GRID IMPACTS , as one of the ig i energy suppliers, was een to fi nd out delegates views on how the increased use of low carbon heating systems and technologies such as s and s in the new homes they were designing and building would be impacting on local grid constraints ohn adley of  ased ith the major drivers creating an increased need for low carbon technologies CTs such as solar panels, heat pumps and fast charging  units are you eperiencing increased impact from grid constraints on your new build development plans, and how are you


overcoming grid constraint challenges t has a new tool for managing low carbon technologies during pea demand, with the potential to reduce the sie of substations in developments by 


amie ursnell admitted that ellway had issues in certain areas of the country with securing grid capacity, including baclogs, but they had wored with some really good ndependent Distribution etwor perators Ds, multi-utility companies woring across boundaries, to reduce demand on schemes where possible rofessor anovich said that solar thermal was one possible solution to reduce demand, given the available roof space


adley urged the overnment to loo holistically at the proven value of measures such as eternal wall insulation in the C initiative, alongside renewables improvements for housing or eample, the healthcare savings may not be eplicitly valued, as they often tend to see these things in isolation he also pointed out the need to pursue innovative ideas lie green mortgages for driving uptae among homeowners


Craig Dolan of len Dimple posed a seemingly simple uery, which echoed adleys in terms of the need to provide more fl eibility in electricity supply ow can we maimise the benefi ts of energy fl eibility and reduce pea electricity demand, while still eeping people warm and comfortable in their homes using a range of technologies that all consumers trust


ursnell said that in terms of heat pump effi ciency, while fabric is going to play a part, it is going to be driven by the uality of the design, installation and commissioning, and after that, the operation of the heat e referenced the learnings from nergy ouse  alford, a great opportunity for us to learn in a ris free environment with a controlled eternal temperature e says we did go to town on it a little bit, with a constant heating combination of radiators throughout, and underfl oor producing the lowest C Co-ffi cient of erformance so far


TECHNOLOGIES WORKING TOGETHER s an teward, representing the waste water heat recovery  brand ecoup, which  acuired in


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