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Mine water district heating schemes provide an opportunity to involve communities in their energy futures.
The best net zero solutions galvanise people and make policy relatable. By giving communities a sense of agency, successful transformation is more likely.
Despite knowing about climate change and the contribution of fossil fuel-based heating to it, most people are unwilling to change the gas-based heating systems they are familiar with.
Everything from ice rinks to crowded public places is a potential source of home heating.
Shared ground heat exchanges could provide low-carbon heating for up to 80% of homes in the UK, research suggests.
UK law currently regards heat as a physical characteristic, rather than a useful resource.
What if you could pay to heat your home the same way you pay to stream music? You can with heat-as-a-service.
District heating can recycle waste heat and pump it where it’s needed.
Net zero energy buildings produce at least as much energy as they use. Designing whole net zero campuses and communities takes the energy and climate benefits to a higher level.
What is a healthy room temperature? On releasing its Cold Weather Plan for 2014, Public Health England has recently revised its recommended minimum levels to keep in good health. No longer, they say, do…
Any traveller on the London Underground during the summer will know how hot and stifling it can get. That the Tube can be hotter than Bali or Barcelona is a fact of life for commuters. Running trains in…
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