eco Nick

And I don’t buy gas and only use renewable electricity, so don’t appreciate gas interfering with my electricity bill!

How can gas transmission costs go up by 65%?!! Some dodgy accounting going on there I think. @ofgem.gov.uk please break this number down into its components and explain what time periods are involved between the old and new costs.

Government accused of caving in to building lobby amid plans to shake up housing sector in England New changes to planning rules would limit scope of English councils and prevent them pursuing improvements to low-carbon homes

Preventing local authorities from pursuing the most ambitious environmental standards that go beyond current, inadequate building regulations for greener homes is shameful & shortsighted, & cheats people out of warm, energy efficient homes👇

Good reminder. I’ve Xxxx’d off

Ofgem should prioritise capacity improvements for homes and ICE —> EV transition, and only allow data centres that have a robust financial plan.

What’s an affordable elevator? Is it a balanced one where the weight of people going down, lifts another elevator up? I saw one of these at the University of Sheffield’s Maths department once - a one-person version. They have a name, can’t remember what.

Sheep picture brilliant (& others great too)!
Do androids dream of electric bike/sheep?

Beware the Ides of February, when gloomsayers abound.

Close examination shows no standing charge - what is this tariff?!!
Pity he didn’t show the exports as well - I assume it has solar?

You didn’t forget, EnerPHit was never mentioned- whole programme was a bit simplified but he did get the value of quality build standards across. He may inspire others to do great retrofits!

[CBA- cost benefit analysis?] But owners of post 2018 new builds (and any EPC >C home) will find such holiday lets cold and damp, depressing renters’ income

Forgot to add - today is a filter change day so efficiency may be lowered until I do.

Interesting. For comparison my Zehnder Q350 is giving external -2.5, incoming 17, extract 20.5, exhaust 4.5 C which I think implies efficiency of 82%. This is with an enthalpy exchanger as the standard heat exchanger made the air too dry in winter.

There are several designers, eg 21 degrees; and one with a name like heatspaceandlight.com.
Installers are trickier to find, depends where you are. SA Technical Services in Horsham might do it.

Not including batteries in the Future Homes Standard would be suicidal for the government, I hope they realise that.

Probably too big anyway for European roads and car parks.

Are you feeling snug today?

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Quadruple it.

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The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵

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YouTube video by We Don't Have Time Kevin Anderson - Professor of energy and climate change - National Emergency Briefing 2025

"We can not expect people who are poorer, already struggling to heat their homes & use their cars, we can't expect those people to be cutting their energy use. We have to expect that from the wealthy of us." @kevinclimate.bsky.social speaking at @nebriefing.bsky.social

Don’t do it — Give the tree back.

You are right it does cycle. I suspect some manufacturers have a way of “slugging” the ASHP so it behaves like a smaller unit including having a lower minimum output and it would be good to know if this is true of the Samsung 8kW.

Is there a decent heat pump engineer who can solve a problem? My heat demand is 3.016kW, the Samsung heat pump is nominal 8kW, yet even at a flow temp of 30-35C for heat I get an annual SCOP of around 2.5. Why so low? The HW demand is 29% of the total heating demand and is set at 47.5C. No legions.

New poll shows 75% favour joining single market to lower taxes Of British adults who feel Brexit has been harmful to the UK, over 75% favour the UK joining the Single Market and Customs Union as a way to lower the tax burden and boost money for public services.

New polling from European Movement UK shows that three quarters of people who see the economic damage of Brexit now back joining the Single Market and Customs Union to cut taxes and rebuild public services. The public knows the route to recovery, even if the Government refuses to face it.

Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

We need this type of energy sharing in Uk too. @MyMP - please make it happen!

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They should pray for the Chancellor to see the light and remove green levies from the electricity tariff.