INDUSTRY NEWS
£1.8 BILLION AWARDED TO BOOST EFFICIENCY IN HOMES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS
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chools and hospitals and more than 115,000 homes across England are to get upgrades to
improve their energy effi ciency as the Government announced the allocation of nearly £2 billion in funding. The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant are collectively worth £1.4 billion, which will be used to fund energy-saving measures ranging from loft insulation to new windows. An additional £1.1 billion in match funding for social housing provided by local authorities, providers of social housing and charities will bring the total investment to £2.5 billion to upgrade social and private homes in England. The money will go towards improvements to vulnerable households and off -gas grid homes with an EPC rating of C or below and could save tenants between £220 and £400 a year on energy bills. These schemes could also support around 20,000 jobs in
On top of this, a further £409 million has
Above: Lord Callanan, Minister for Energy Effi ciency & Green Finance
been granted through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to help public sector buildings such as schools and hospitals drive down their carbon emissions. Upgraded heating systems, powered by cleaner, cheaper, renewable energy, will reduce the use of fossil fuels exposed to volatile global energy prices – supporting thousands of jobs and saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds. Lord Callanan, Minister for Energy Effi ciency and Green Finance, said: “The
the construction and home retrofi t sectors, helping to deliver on our promise to grow the economy and create better paid jobs, whilst supporting families across the country.
UK is truly a world-leader when it comes to reducing carbon emissions and the progress we’ve made over the last decade has been remarkable. But we can’t rest on our laurels and must continue to drive forward progress, setting a standard for other countries to follow. “Reaching Net Zero means considerable action from the public sector as well as private sector. Through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding allocation announced today, we are empowering public bodies to save the taxpayer hundreds of millions while packing a punch on our ambitious and necessary climate goals.”
Inbrief
Pump industry leaders are calling on the government to clamp down on the ‘swarm’ of non-compliant central heating pumps being imported into the UK from Far Eastern exporters potentially costing consumers hundreds of pounds every year.
www.bpma.org.uk
Heat pump company Qvantum has received the German ISH Design Plus award for a new apartment heat pump. The heat pump is so compact that it can be installed under a kitchen sink and will be able to replace the gas burners that are now to be phased out in European cities.
www.qvantum.com
Clade Engineering Systems (Clade) has joined forces with Groupe Atlantic’s UK, ROI & North America Division. Clade manufactures natural refrigerant CO2 heating and refrigeration solutions for the UK, off ering a turnkey solution from design and manufacture through to aftercare.
https://clade-es.com
WORLD-FIRST HYDROGEN PROJECT ACHIEVES KEY MILESTONES
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as distribution company SGN hosted senior members of Fife Council and local housing associations on Wednesday 8 March to mark the beginning of construction of the H100 Fife
hydrogen homes demonstration facility. Participants also welcomed the news that the project has surpassed its minimum goal of signing up 270 participants and is continuing to allow more households to opt-in.
The new demonstration facility will comprise of two hydrogen
show homes where visitors will be able to try out domestic hydrogen appliances. The facility is due to open this summer and is being built by contractors Marshalls Construction in Fife Energy Park alongside the project’s hydrogen production and storage site. Boiler manufacturers Baxi and Worcester Bosch are project partners and will
be providing hydrogen boilers for the show homes and for the project. The H100 Fife project enables households in Buckhaven and Denbeath to opt-in to be supplied with hydrogen through a new network which is due to go live in 2024. It is described as the fi rst 100% green hydrogen-to-homes zero carbon network anywhere in the world and will provide important evidence to help the UK decarbonise home heating. SGN chief executive Mark Wild OBE said: “The demo homes will allow people to see for themselves that hydrogen
boilers and appliances are very similar to their natural gas equivalents. We look forward to successfully delivering the project and providing critical evidence which will help decarbonise home heating.”
Baxi Heating will be supplying its 100% hydrogen boilers for the H100 Fife Project, a world-fi rst hydrogen-to-homes demonstration delivered through a partnership between gas distribution company SGN and Fife Council in cooperation with industry regulator Ofgem.
www.baxi.co.uk
Outdated stereotypes and poor career advice are seen as the main barriers for women considering a career in the plumbing and heating industry, according to a Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation survey.
https://snipef.org
The UK’s heat pump skills gap has been laid bare by an industry survey which revealed only 18% of engineers are currently installing heat pumps and 44% don’t know where to get trained.
https://eecityplumbing.co.uk
Sales of pipe insulation have doubled in the last 12 months since energy prices soared to unprecedented levels, heating, plumbing and air movement supplier TG Lynes has revealed.
www.tglynes.co.uk
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