Adveco considers the numerous advantages of metering school hot water demands before embarking on a major refurbishment of buildings to deliver improved sustainability… Water heating will account for a significant portion of a building’s energy consumption, ranging from 15-40% depending on its use. This makes hot water both familiar and often business-critical, so reducing hot … Read more
Adveco offers some advice on introducing sustainable hot water systems into commercial buildings… To help achieve climate-neutral building stock by 2050 UK businesses are being challenged to reduce operational energy use. By increasing the use of renewable energy supply and prioritising on-site renewable energy sources the hope is to reduce harmful carbon emissions and improve … Read more
Adveco considers how sustainable schools can take advantage of water heating to support the decarbonisation of the built estate… In the UK, the School Premises (England) Regulations 2012 require schools to have “an adequate supply of hot and cold water” in toilets and washing facilities, unfortunately, the production of hot water alone can drive as … Read more
As the education sector is challenged to reduce energy demands to cut carbon emissions as well as trying to balance climbing operating costs, Adveco considers the advantages of adopting solar thermal for educational buildings as a means to meet more sustainable and cost-effective hot water requirements. Capable of offsetting typically around 30% of the energy … Read more
The UK Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) is a government-funded program designed to support the UK’s net zero emissions target by 2050 by providing grants to public sector bodies to help them decarbonise their buildings. This is important as most of the buildings in the public sector still rely on burning fossil fuels for heating, … Read more
The most consistent issue we see in when replacing school hot water systems is oversizing, whether through a lack of understanding of application design or concerns over providing suitable backup to ensure system continuity. The result of oversizing is however always the same, unnecessary capital costs for system supply and installation. As schools plan to … Read more
Adveco takes a look at the advantages of deploying solar thermal for hot water generation in commercial properties. As part of an organisation’s wider sustainability plans, solar thermal offers a proven renewable technology that reduces emissions whilst able to integrate with other sustainable technology including air source heat pumps, direct electric and ultimately, through retained … Read more
There has been a great deal of talk about the decarbonisation of this country but what has been the UK progress towards net zero so far? A new progress report by the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) has been damning. Despite the UK having a solid Net Zero strategy in place, the CCC has identified … Read more
