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Although people understand the need for the energy transition a lot of work still needs to be done to get District Heating to the public. Want to know more? Abby Muricho Onencan, Jiamin Ou and I are excited to share that our article on the social acceptance of district heating was published: https://lnkd.in/eTAVwZWr

Please respond to this consultation if you think that installing heat pumps should be made legal in the UK. Short form: ----- - DESNZ allowed MCS to write the rules on Permitted Development (MCS 20) - MCS have written it into their standard that heat pumps MUST be installed by MCS contractors; along with all the other MCS requirements that have nothing to do with noise; in order to be legal - This makes it illegal for anybody to install a heat pump without having to pay for planning permission ----- Long form: ----- DESNZ wanted MCS to write "a noise standard" and - if the heat pumps were small enough and quiet* enough - they could be installed under Permitted Development. Unfortunately MCS under Ian Rippin is hell bent on making sure that they are the ONLY standard in town and ONLY MCS members are allowed to install heat pumps. They have cheekily written extra requirements into the noise standard that mean only MCS installers can use Permitted Development. This is wrong. Planning Permission is about visual / noise amenity. It doesn't matter who laid the bricks. It just matters how they look. The Planning Rules for heat pumps should be the same. MCS should remove the "accidental" requirement that means ONLY MCS members can use Permitted Development. Please put this in the response to the consultation so that they either "correct the accidental mistake" or make it very clear to government that they are DELIBERATELY preventing heat pumps from being installed by anybody other than members of their unions. Of course ... you can't use the MCS consultation form to provide this response because they aren't really consulting on the whole thing. Instead you need to email them and ask for confirmation that your response is counted. That will then be enough evidence for government to call them into order about it because to make a mistake on purpose is no longer a mistake; and to abuse the permission to write the rules bestowed on them by government. ----- Useful comments to include in the public response: ----- - MCS020 mandates the use of a single service provider (MCS) and adds irrelevant requirements to follow other MCS rules thereby eliminating the potential for normal market activity and competition - The lack of any denial* by MCS that MCS020 didn't intentionally impose non noise-related requirements and/or mandate the use of MCS members for installation creates a distinct appearance of impropriety - Comments by Ian Rippin on the public record to the effect that his intention is there is one standard for heat pump installation and that MCS is that standard; combined with the very carefully limited scope of the "public consultation" on MCS020 further adds to a public perception of unseemly behaviour on the part of MCS ----- (*Your silence does neither you nor MCS any favours whatsoever Mr Rippin)

The USA is building momentum to decarbonise by moving to heat pumps. The post below focuses on the residential sector, but this transition will also spread to commercial and industrial sectors. Linking large heat pumps to the heat in wastewater allows the heat pumps to operate at much much higher efficiencies (i.e. less electricity needed than air source HP's to do the same heating job). Planning this transition is #1 priority. We can help with this planning. Let's go! Jodi Guthrie Lynn Mueller STEN Sewer Thermal Energy Network Chris Hubbard Paul Kohl Robert Zarnetske Kevin Fitzsimmons CONSTANTINE LEOTSAKOS David Valentine Matthew Chester David Ponder John Shea Mel Clark Rachelle Ames Dennis Fotinos HUBER Technology, Inc. US Marketing Dept. HUBER Industrial Solutions SHARC Energy Christian von Drachenfels UHRIG Group Stephan von Bothmer

I do seriously encourage all EU-27 member states, but also the UK, Norway and others to copy the statement made by these 9 US states. You can do, what they have done. We have the solutions available, and the heat pump sector is ready to deploy. Committing to a certain market share for heat pumps will be a major push in bolstering European manufacturers to drive the energy transition in heating. The current goal of 10 million additional hydronic heat pumps by 2030 is at risk. More action is needed to bring the sector back on track. I call on all members of the European Heat Pump Association to approach their governments asking for a reaction. We in Europe can not just claim that we want to be climate-neutral by 2050, but then shy away from taking the necessary decisions. We have to provide a certain technology clarity to the markets to trigger and ensure investment and to unleash demand. All to accelerate the energy transition in heating and cooling through mass deployment of #heatpumps. Jozefien Vanbecelaere Rolf Iver Mytting Hagemoen Frank Agterberg Jeff Colley Mattias Järvinen Marco Dall'Ombra Paweł Lachman Martin Sabel Richard Freimüller Alexandra Märki Valerie Mallet-Laplagne MARTA San Román Lars Abel Holger Thamm Dr. Björn Schreinermacher

Discover how an Idaho School District put their students first and transformed their facility to tackle freezing winter months. Dive into the success story of how High Temperature Heating and Ventilation (HTHV) technology exceeded expectations, made students more comfortable, and saved the School District on energy costs. Click the link below to read more! https://lnkd.in/e-HtSXWi #60YearsofEnrichingLives #GloryandDignity

Do you know you can save money by switching to affordable, energy-efficient electric appliances? Take a look at the D.C. incentive calculator that DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) shared on its LinkedIn and learn more about the tool. #Sustainability #ClimateChange #WardInfinity

Heat pumps to reach 90% market share in the US by 2040? Nine US states (California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Rhode Island) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU sets a 2040 goal for heat pumps to account for 90% of residential heating, air conditioning, and water heating sales (65% in 2030). Last year, the US Climate Alliance (25 states, including all of the above) set a goal of 20 million heat pump installations by 2030, which would require a quadrupling of the current installation rate. Positive market signals that should support the growth of the North American heat pump market in the coming years.

A key insight from Cornwall's Draft Housing Decarbonisation Strategy is that public awareness of the need for heat decarbonisation is low. Only 5% of people interviewed for DESNZ’s Public Attitudes Tracker were ‘very aware’, and 28% ‘fairly aware’, of the need to change heating system. Half of respondents knew little or nothing about heat pumps, representing significant untapped potential to accelerate their deployment.

Are you a homeowner with an energy monitor? We need your energy monitor data from the cold snap in January! Data from both high-performance and code minimum homes are needed. Passive House Alberta is collecting data to create a report on the user experience, equipment performance, resilience, and electrical grid impacts of high-performance homes during extreme cold weather events, such as the one in January. Fill out the survey today and share with your network at https://lnkd.in/gVBCYKqT This information will help the builders, government, and homeowners better understand how electrification impacts the electrical grid, particularly with high-performance buildings. #ENBIX

‘At heart it’s the same technology’: the heat pump that uses water instead of air. Scientists in Edinburgh have developed a home heating system that draws its energy from the world’s most abundant resource: water. The equipment can use sea water, rivers, ponds and even mine water to heat radiators and water for baths and showers, using the same technology as in air source heat pumps. https://zurl.co/fU3p