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Author Archives: Mike Andrews
Heat Pump heat loss calculations
I’ll soon be qualified in the ABBE level 3 Certificate in Surveying & Calculation of Building Heat Loss. This means I can calculate heat losses for heat pumps in both new and existing buildings so that an apropriately sized heat … Continue reading
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Better Buildings Consultant
Elmhurst, my accreditation scheme, recently launched their Better Buildings Consultant Scheme This is open to those of us members who are qualified in different compentencies and to join we have to complete an exam. This Ive done and can now … Continue reading
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Retrofit News
Retrofit Ive just added a further qualifiction to my Retrofit skills – ABBE level 3 Assessing Energy Efficiecny in Traditional Buildings. This qualification is required if undertaking a Retrofit Survey on buildings aged before 1919, usually because of their traditional … Continue reading
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Solar panel calculator
This may be useful for some of you. Energy Saving Trust have got a solar PV calculator, Ive tested it and compared it to my own system and its accurate enough to give you a good idea of what’s possible. … Continue reading
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As Built SAP calculations
Now that we have had a chance to get used to and work with the Part L change that came into effect from June 2022, and as construction completes we’ve started to receive requests for as built calculations on those … Continue reading
Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis
marketlan/Shutterstock Louis Fletcher, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe … Continue reading
Plastic is climate change in a bottle – so let’s put a cap on it
Hedgehog94/Shutterstock Jack Marley, The Conversation Plastic pollution and climate change have common culprits – and similar solutions. The penultimate round of negotiations for a global pact on plastic ended yesterday in Ottawa. Nearly 200 countries have agreed that a treaty … Continue reading
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The UK’s Climate Change Act, once the envy of the world, faces a stress test
Rebecca Willis, Lancaster University The Scottish government’s decision to row back on its 2030 climate pledge illustrates the crux of any target: it’s easy to set one with a big political flourish, but harder to follow through with a careful … Continue reading
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A global plastics treaty is being negotiated in Ottawa this week – here’s the latest
MOHAMED ABDULRAHEEM / shutterstock Antaya March, University of Portsmouth; Cressida Bowyer, University of Portsmouth, and Steve Fletcher, University of Portsmouth Plastic pollution spans the globe, yet national policies are generally not effective enough, and have so far focused primarily on … Continue reading
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Scotland is ditching its flagship 2030 climate goal – why legally binding targets really matter
Sam Fankhauser, University of Oxford The Scottish government has rescinded its 2030 target of a 75% emissions cut to greenhouse gas emissions, relative to 1990. The target was statutory, meaning it had been set in law in the Emissions Reduction … Continue reading
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