News archive for December, 2009
Community heating – costs to users
Posted on December 21st 2009
Evidence is emerging about the high running costs for community heating schemes that are required to meet planning requirements. Often these include Combined Heat and Power facilities and biomass boilers in addition to the more conventional gas boilers. Heat meters are used within each dwelling to measure the heat energy provided through the circulating hot water system. On a recently …
Ecology credits are important
Posted on December 7th 2009
The Ecology credits (Eco1-4) play a very important role in achieving the Code for Sustainable Homes at Level 3 or if a higher standard is required. Ecology credits are heavily weighted—the maximum 7 credits for Eco1-4 actually achieves 9 percentage points in the final assessment. This weighting is higher than for the Energy credits and second only to the Water …