The architect Stephen Reyburn built a high-mass house in London SW13 ~35 years ago. Mid-terrace, infill. Cavity external walls, concrete floors & stairs. Not dissimilar to Blandford Avenue, possibly a slightly higher thermal capacity. It had MVHR but was designed mostly for lower space heating bills. Summer comfort as good as an air-conditioned building was […]
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The COP of air source heat pumps during cold weather is still about 3.1 even allowing for defrosting energy? Jez BRE, BrendanUys – Heacol Dear Clavertons – what is the cold day COP of a heat pump including all defrosting energy? Dave Andrews Dave In my experience it is not the defrosting energy that […]
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Dear Katy, I liked your today’s Guardian supplement MY GREEN POD but disappointed by the uncritical praise for electric cars and the assumption that somehow they are going to help us solve the problem of pollution and carbon emissions. Apart from environmental issues, electric cars just mean carrying on ruining our cities with electric powered […]
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Hi Dave, I’m glad Myles Allen has written this explanation – non-technical folk including activists can get worried and exploited by slogans about 6 or 12 years to ‘save the Earth’. I heard some wild talk on Oxford St. XR’s demands would have carried much more weight if targets/commitments had accurately reflected IPCC science and […]
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Sally Barrett-Williams, Barrister, Energy Law @ Lansdown Chambers. 22 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, Mob: +44 (0) 795 8463213, Skype: Sally.Barrett-Williams, Email: sally.barrett-williams@energylawuk.com, Web: www.energylawuk.com
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We are interested in speaking to professionals that have extensive project management experience with the following technologies: Energy from Waste (EfW) Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Biomass/Gasification Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Steam Cycle Power We have a key client of ours that have 2 new renewable energy construction projects in the pipeline (Yorkshire/Teesside). Best Regards, Christopher xyz […]
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See http://www.bathtrams.uk/ for further info A guest column by Dave Andrews for the June edition of The Bath Magazine
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Just in case anyone has missed David Rose’s (D Mail-MailonSun) latest anti biomass piece, this time against wood heating – see http://dailym.ai/1FjX7Lc . South East Wood Fuels (SEWF) showed him around one of our woodfuel hubs (with detailed FC Mgt Plan and bags of replanting on mature larch areas) and examples of under-managed and managed woodland. In typical David […]
Read MoreFrom: Bill Powell, 11/2014. Karl-Heinz Tetzlaff had a vision for a sustainable economy based on hydrogen produced from biomass which he and his former boss Dr Wolfgang Wendel at Hoechst Chemicals preached wherever they could get an audience. In retirement their roles were reversed with K-H leading with ideas and enthusiasm. I first knew him […]
Read MoreTemperatures on the Tube have soared above 30C during the summer heat Hello,London Underground have known about this situation for many years, but as an organisation appear singular inept in resolving this long standing problem. A few years ago they announced a programme to build a great many ventilation shafts, and we were expecting to […]
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