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Hamworthy Heating, a trusted British manufacturer and supplier of commercial heating and hot water products, has released a new Tyneham Heat Pump brochure, which highlights its latest monobloc air source heat pump offering, developed to meet the market demand for energy-efficient heating products.

The new Tyneham heat pump range is the latest product offering from Hamworthy Heating. One of the lightest commercial heat pumps on the market, the range features a coefficient (COP) rating of up to 4.85 to provide efficient, low-carbon heating. Featuring seven models in the range with six nominal outputs of between 14 to 70kW, the Tyneham can be cascaded to achieve higher outputs in larger installations. Incorporating an inverter controller compressor to accurately match the heat demand, Tyneham heat pumps also use R32 refrigerant to deliver increased efficiencies with a lower Global Warming Potential (GWP).

Split into concise and comprehensive sections, the new 32-page Tyneham heat pump brochure starts with an introduction to heat pumps and the role they play in helping to reach the UK’s net zero goal. Featuring clear information on how heat pumps work and their benefits, the new brochure also takes an in-depth look at how to understand refrigerants, highlighting GWP differences.

The new Tyneham heat pump brochure provides an in-depth look at the key benefits of each individual model in the range. Distinct icons highlight each model’s ErP rating, coefficient of performance (COP), weights and dimensions, whilst easy-to-read detailed technical information is displayed in chart format. In addition, each model in the range is accompanied by minimum installation clearances and a list of suitable accessories and options available.

For those seeking a hybrid system, the new Tyneham Heat Pump brochure also high-lights how the latest range of monobloc air source heat pumps can be combined with the Hamworthy Heating range of modular gas boilers. This option enables customers to match heat demand in the most effective and energy-efficient way.

To highlight the efficiencies of heat pumps, the brochure also features a dedicated section on the COP and explains how to calculate the ratio of heat produced, relative to each unit of electricity consumed in heat pumps. To demonstrate this, it also offers a series of comprehensive graphs to help assist with product selection.

The new Tyneham Heat Pump brochure can be downloaded from www. hamworthy-heating.com/Products/Heatpumps/Tyneham-air-source-heat-pump

For more information, please contact Hamworthy Heating on 01202 662 552 or by email at sales@hamworthy-heating.com

ENGIE Impact’s 2023 Net Zero Report assesses current corporate response to climate change, identifies 12 major roadblocks to decarbonisation and six key actions to accelerate progress to Net Zero

ENGIE Impact, a leader in sustainability transformation solutions, has announced the release of its 2023 Net Zero Report. Titled “Six Actions to Accelerate

Decarbonization,” the third annual report delves into corporate transformation readiness, challenges to implementation and the major decarbonisation roadblocks companies must overcome to reach Net

Zero. Along with a summary of progress achieved, the report provides insights and strategies to accelerate decarbonisation and increase return on investments by implementing an actionable roadmap.

ENGIE Impact’s study involved more than 500 senior executives from the world’s largest companies, each employing more than 10,000 people. Nearly twothirds (62%) of those surveyed this year said they have now made some form of public commitment or target to address carbon emissions reduction within their organisation. While this rising percentage represents progress, only 12% rate their sustainability efforts as “extremely successful,” and 75% say they have already achieved the “quick wins” in their decarbonisation plan. Success will require more investment, strong leadership and sustained effort and commitment to reach decarbonisation goals in time.

“Our research reveals signs of progress from corporations around the world, but the process must accelerate, and we’ve learned there are challenges along the way that many leaders don’t anticipate at the beginning of this journey,” said Mathias Lelievre, CEO ENGIE Impact. “Our report identifies the most common barriers to overcome and strategic actions to clear those roadblocks and accelerate decarbonisation.”

As a result of the collective experience of the 505 organisational leaders surveyed – and the combined expertise of ENGIE Impact’s global cadre of decarbonisation experts who support more than 1,000 of the world’s largest companies across multiple sectors, industries and regions – the report summarises six key actions companies and executives can implement in order to understand the gaps to Net Zero targets, overcome barriers to implementation and accelerate decarbonisation within their organisation.

The six actions include: • Maintain long-term focus and belief • Establish governance and accountability • Close the implementation expectation gap • Increase executive accountability • Activate the right decarbonisation enablers • Collaborate with the supply chains to address Scope 3 emissions

To read the complete ENGIE Impact 2023 Net Zero Report, please visit: https://view.engieimpact.com/2023net-zero-report/.

• Increasing minimum efficiency standards for lighting could cut energy use and save money for house-holds and businesses across Great Britain

• New proposals would introduce performance standards that are higher than regulations currently in place in either the US or EU

• Switching to more efficient lighting can save a household around £2,000 - £3,000 over the lifetime of the bulbs, depending on the size of the home

Households and businesses across Great Britain could cut their energy use and save money on bills by having some of the most efficient lighting in the world under new government proposals.

The new proposals will ensure that lighting in domestic and nondomestic buildings in England, Scotland and Wales meets minimum energy performance standards that are higher than regulations currently in place in either the US or the EU.

Introducing higher standards for lighting products will see only the most energy efficient light bulbs, such as ones powered by low energy-use LEDs, available in shops, making it easier for consumers to replace old bulbs with ones that use less energy while still providing the same levels of lighting performance.

With new bulbs being cheaper to run, replacing a household’s halogen bulbs with LEDs consumers can expect savings of around £2,000 - £3,000 over the lifetime of the bulbs, depending on the size of the home.

Business and Energy Minister Lord Callanan said: “Putin’s warmongering in Ukraine means everyone is feeling the effect of higher energy bills this winter, but these new standards can help lighten the load by ensuring British homes and businesses are lit as efficiently as possible.

“As we’ve shown in the government’s energy saving campaign, small changes, like switching to more efficient light bulbs, can add up to big savings.

“By going further with these regulations than either the US or EU, British homes, factories and offices will have some of the cheapest and greenest lighting in the world, helping keep down bills and reducing energy usage.”

Global innovation in lighting technology in recent years has made it possible to achieve greater energy savings and the proposed new minimum energy performance standard reflect what is already technologically and reasonably achievable for lighting products.

As of March 2022, half of product models on the GB market already met this standard, but with lighting accounting for a significant portion of electricity use in buildings, the proposed regulations could result in 1.7 million tonnes of carbon savings by 2050, the equivalent of a year’s worth of carbon emissions from 2.5 mil-lion UK households.

If adopted, the proposals in the government consultation being launched today would come into force in late 2023, with further increased minimum standards introduced from September 2027.

Stew Horne, head of policy at Energy Saving Trust said: “Energy Saving Trust welcomes the government’s proposals to improve lighting performance standards, which would directly benefit households and businesses by saving energy and reducing bills. We look forward to helping shape these standards as part of the transition to decarbonisation”.

Making homes and businesses more energy efficient and so bringing down fuel bills is part of the Government’s wider long-term commitment, announced as part of the Autumn Statement, to reduce the UK’s final energy consumption from buildings and industry by 15% by 2030 against 2021 levels.

Improving the energy efficiency of homes is the best long-term method of cutting household energy use and bringing down bills. That is why the government is accelerating the pace of upgrading the energy efficiency of housing with £6 billion of funding committed to 2028 in addition to £6.6bn in this parliament.

A further £4 billion has been committed through ECO4 scheme, which is delivering home insulation measures to low income and more vulnerable households, and the £1 billion ECO+ scheme, which will in-stall measures in households who have previously not been able to access support through the Energy Company Obligation scheme.

The government has also launched the £18 million ‘It All Adds Up’ energy saving campaign to raise public awareness of straightforward actions that people can take to cut their bills by bringing down the amount of energy needed to keep their homes warm and stay safe this winter.

This comes in addition to an unprecedented package of government support that is helping households meet their energy costs this winter, including the Energy Price Guarantee, saving a typical household over £900, the Energy Bills Support Scheme providing a £400 discount to millions and the most vulnerable receiving £1,200 each this year.

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WMG, at the University of Warwick, has launched an Energy and Net Zero Roadmap called Business Energy Aid Toolkit (BEAT), to help manufacturing small, medium enterprise (SME) companies reduce their energy consumption, save on costs and increase profitability. The programme has already proven a success, with business energy savings of up to 90%.

In response to the current energy crisis, WMG, at the University of Warwick, specialising in driving innovation in science, technology and engineering, has assembled a team of engineers and business specialists dedicated to helping

SMEs. The work they will deliver through BEAT, involves a thorough review of SMEs manufacturing energy consumption, including looking at their operational efficiency to provide a detailed assessment with a set of energy saving recommendations.

According to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, the UK private sector comprises largely of non-employing businesses and small employers. SMEs account for 99.9% of the business population (5.6 million businesses).

Therefore, improving energy efficiency has an important role to play in delivering affordable, sustainable and secure energy for the UK.

WMG, ran a successful pilot programme in October 2022, working with three companies who have already yielded great success, with energy savings of up to 90% on individual machines and up to 46% in the overall production facility.

Results show that there has been considerable cost savings for the companies that has also helped them to kick start their journey to net zero.

One of these pilot companies is Alucast who have made the following • 19,971 kgCO2 = 19.9 tonnes. This is the equivalent of driving 65,670 miles in an average car. (First 2 years). • 19.9 tonnes CO2 = Driving around the world in a diesel car 2.86 times.

In addition to energy saving recommendations, BEAT will also advise on what the likely return on energy saving infrastructure investments would be and where companies can look to for further help with investment.

The programme uses proven tools and techniques such as a combination of monitoring equipment including energy clamps which enable detailed analysis of the energy used by individual machines, and value stream maps to illustrate beneficial saving.

For example, it could be as simple as energy saving advice or it could be as complicated as a full data gathering audit for how a company is using energy in processes. For high energy using companies (e.g. foundries, heat treatment etc.) the WMG team can offer advice on how to use waste heat at a low cost to lessen energy costs.

Christopher Wells, project lead, at WMG, University of Warwick said, “The Energy and Net Zero Roadmap - Business Energy Aid Toolkit, is a value-based programme for manufacturing SMEs. We recognise that companies need help and assistance in reducing their energy consumption and not just reducing the price they pay per KWh.

“Our team are dedicated to helping manufacturing businesses save energy and increase profitability. This not only helps to preserve our rich manufacturing base but helps companies and the UK move toward net zero targets.

“Furthermore, we’ve always been at the forefront of helping manufacturers maximise the use of innovation. That is why we are working with companies to maximise the use of innovative techniques in areas such as the field of heat recovery, taking a more transformative step such as introducing new or replacement technologies or business practices. This has never been more important than in the case of energy usage reduction.”

Tony Sartorius, Chairman of Alucast said, “In the current energy crisis, the Business Energy Aid Toolkit (BEAT) has been beneficial to Alucast, as we are a high energy user with three aluminium foundries.

“We began by selecting several machines to assess and managed their uptime more effectively to ensure energy is only used when actually processing parts only. This effectively eliminated idle time energy use and created substantial CO2 reductions around 10 tonnes per annum, whilst at the same time reducing KWhs used.

“The team of WMG engineers have helped the company reduce our energy usage, lower carbon emissions, and save waste. We have also had the opportunity to exchange best practice at several roundtables and visit other factories to assess where energy savings could be made.”

For further information: Simmie.korotane@warwick.ac.uk

Heat networks across the country attract investment under the Government’s new Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF), as final awards are also made under its predecessor the Heat

Network Investment Project (HNIP). £30 million of funding has been offered to Councils in Wigan, Peterborough and Hull to support local decarbonisation targets.

Ken Hunnisett, Programme Director for Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management said: “Such has been the pace at which the Green Heat Network Fund has launched that we are still announcing the late-stage successes of its predecessor, the Heat Network Investment Project.

The new network at the heart of the redeveloped Galleries Shopping Centre in Wigan will be delivering low carbon heat to retail, leisure, and residential premises within the next 3 years.”

Building on the success of the HNIP and responding to the UK’s commitment to net zero, the GHNF officially opened for applications in March 2022. The £288 million fund continues to provide targeted financial support for commercialisation and construction of heat network projects in England with a key focus on deployment.

On the announcement of the first GHNF supported projects, Ken Hunnisett said “It will be such a pleasure to work with the teams in Hull and Peterborough to deliver these fantastic, real-world, clean energy infrastructure projects that will generate local jobs and provide heat to local communities.”

The Minister for Energy Lord Callanan added: “I’m delighted to see the first batch of funding awards from the Green Heat Network Fund going out to these ground-breaking projects that will move homes and businesses away from fossil fuels and soaring energy bills.

“It is vital, given that heating in buildings forms a significant part of the UK’s carbon footprint, that we invest in cuttingedge technologies like heat networks, which are an effective way of reducing carbon emissions and energy costs.”

The following Council’s have been awarded funding:

Hull City Council – £1 million commercialisation and £12 million construction funding from GHNF for the development of a heat network at the heart of the City’s decarbonisation plan.

Peterborough City Council – over £14 million of GHNF support for the development of a smart energy network which includes intelligent digital platforms to manage and improve energy consumption.

Wigan Council – £2.6 million HNIP funding to support the construction of a new heat network utilising ground source heat pump technology which is part of a wider £190 million regeneration project.

By utilising targeted government funding such as the HNIP and GHNF, local authorities are empowered to deliver long-term, sustained emissions reductions for local areas and contribute to a greener economy.

Following the announcement today, the UK Infrastructure Bank has offered to provide further investment to ensure these innovative low-carbon solutions can go above and beyond to deliver sustainable heat networks.

John Flint, CEO of the UK Infrastructure Bank said: “Helping Local Authorities unlock access to finance for heat networks will be crucial. The Bank is well placed to play a significant role in supporting the development of heat networks and we are pleased to be taking the next step through our new partnership with BEIS in fulfilment of this ambition.”

Below is a summary of the schemes to be awarded funding

Wigan Council secured £2.6 million from the final round of the HNIP, marking it as one of the final projects to benefit from the funding scheme before it officially closed earlier this year. The funding will support the development of a heat network which is part of a wider £190 million regeneration project which will entail the demolition and redevelopment of the current Galleries Shopping Centre and Market Hall Buildings in the heart of Wigan Town Centre, providing residents with a vibrant, attractive, and accessible place to live and visit.

These new developments will be underpinned by low-carbon ambient heating loops made possible by the HNIP grant and are replacing current outdated and energy consuming systems.

Councillor David Molyneux MBE, the leader of Wigan Council, welcomed the news, commenting: “In July 2019, Wigan Council launched its Climate Change strategy, demonstrating our commitment to building a greener and more sustainable borough. The Galleries redevelopment has been designed with these principles at its heart and this funding will help us to realise these ambitions while reducing the environmental impact.”

and £12 million construction funding for the development of a low carbon heat network. The network is a key component of Hull’s Carbon Neutral 2030 strategy and GHNF will help to kickstart the first phase of Hull’s city-wide heat decarbonisation plan. The investment will deliver an additional 22 GWh of electricity from Hull and East Riding domestic and commercial waste to 46 public and private sector customers.

Councillor Paul Drake-Davis also commented on the scheme, adding that investment will “supply low-cost heating to local residents and businesses – which will help people in this new era of higher energy bills,” acknowledging the importance of schemes like GHNF to help “make taxpayers’ money go further.”

In the midlands, Peterborough’s Integrated Renewables Infrastructure (PIRI) has been awarded over £14 million for the development of a smart energy network which utilises intelligent digital platforms to manage and improve energy consumption.

Known as “energy as a service”, PIRI will be providing place-based infrastructure that utilises existing assets to improve energy consumption through renewable technologies whilst minimising disruption to local grids, supporting future growth.

Once the project is complete, it will transport renewable heat and electrical power from Peterborough’s Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) direct to the city’s buildings via a series of underground pipework and cables. The ERF creates its own energy with non-recyclable household waste being turned into electricity and heat using a combustion process.

Councillor Wayne Fitzgerald, leader of Peterborough City Council, said: “Peterborough is ready for a project of this size and thanks to this Government funding we will be well on the way to becoming one of the first carbon-zero cities of the future. It is yet another significant indicator of the confidence that the Government has in our city’s growth and its importance on the national stage.” www.tp-heatnetworks.org A high-level summary of GHNF: www.gov.uk/government/publications/ green-heat-network-fund-ghnf Email: enquiries@tp-heatnetworks.org