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An independent review conducted last year recommended an approach that will see water meters in homes rise from 35% to 80% by 2020. i3 Group has announced that it proposes to install water meters as part of its strategy to utilise its Fibrecity networks to help households become more cost effective and energy efficient.
To support this Fibrecity Holdings plans to roll out water meters to households, starting with Bournemouth, via its Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connections which will allow the ... [more]
ICS Heat Pump Technology is launching their new commercial 80kW packaged heat pump at Ecobuild 2010. It will deliver 65°C output temperatures, even in ambient temperatures as low as -12°C without any supplementary heating being required.
This packaged unit is geared towards retrofit applications where output temperatures of 65°C will allow heat pump based renewable heating systems to be installed with minimal replacement work on the existing installed radiator system.
An ICS HPT Mod-Pa... [more]
The Institute of Water is holding a contest as a showcase for the profession and is inviting teams of two to sign up. The contest, which takes place at the IWEX exhibition in April, challenges contestants to pit their precision skills against their peers. It is being hosted by the Institute of Water and is now open for entries.
Contestants will be hoping for no unexpected showers as they bid to be crowned national champions by successfully drilling and tapping a high pressure water main. Poin... [more]
Existing home heating controls such as timers and thermostats often make it difficult for people to cut fuel costs because they are too complicated to set correctly. By designing a appliance that takes the complexity out of the controls, the IESD found that energy use on heating and hot water alone could be reduced by up to 14 per cent.
An automated heating control system that learns householders’ preferences and gives immediate feedback on energy consumption is being designed in Leicester: D... [more]
Following an Audit Commission short notice inspection of Incommunities, the largest social landlord in the Bradford District, Incommunities housing group and its gas repairs and maintenance partner Powerminster Gleeson Services have been commended for their gas repair and servicing programme.
In their inspection report, the Audit Commission highlighted that performance in undertaking gas servicing was high adding that ‘strengths significantly outweigh weaknesses in this area (gas safety)’. It... [more]
Back in 2003 Austen Salton recognised the possibilities of the internet and decided that a website selling heating and plumbing products direct to consumers would be just the ticket. His was the third such website to start up and in just six years heatandplumb.com has grown to an annual turnover of £4.8 million.
However once Austen knew his racks from his servers, he became frustrated with the service he’d been getting from hosting companies he had used to support his growing business. After ... [more]
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