We engineers are great at estimating energy and carbon emissions and dealing with concrete systems: pipes, wires, flues – that’s our bag. One of the things we do poorly (but for some reaso… more →
carbon limitedpveldhuis wrote 4 months ago: The discussion about ’smart grid’ never comes to an end. Even at the White House Presi … more →
pveldhuis wrote 5 months ago: Say: “Micro turbine” and people think of jet engines. And how small is micro anyhow? The smallest mi … more →
Casey Cole wrote 7 months ago: We engineers are great at estimating energy and carbon emissions and dealing with concrete systems: … more →
Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: There have been further amendments to the Energy Bill in the Lords in connection with feed-in-tariff … more →
Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: Last night, Lord Hunt came back with his amendments to the Energy Bill and, as promised, here’ … more →
Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: Away from the fanfare around Ed Miliband’s announcement that a feed in tariff (FiT) is on the … more →
Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday BERR and OFGEM released proposals for changing the way the electricity regulations work wi … more →
Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: [update March 20: I've looked further into how SAP treats CHP and written it up here. So while the m … more →
Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: The requirement for all homes to be zero carbon by 2016 is going to fail unless we take action now. … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: Much later than planned, but here it is. In summary, micro-CHP saves 5% to 10% of carbon in large in … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: Phil Clark and Fulcrum have put together a fantastic list of upcoming proposed policy changes releva … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: [Update March 20 - while it's true that SAP gives misleadingly high emissions savings for CHP, I got … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: Over the summer there was a debate between some big names in engineering over whether combined heat, … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: I’m doing financial comparisons of energy systems on one of our projects. It’s a pretty … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: In Building yesterday, a study by London South Bank University says a quarter of schemes in London a … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: What’s going on? There’s been a fierce debate among energy bods this summer over the environmental e … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: What’s going on? There’s been a fierce debate among energy bods this summer over the environmental e … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: Just heard from the folks at the Carbon Trust who are doing the micro-CHP field trials. The release … more →
Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: There was an article in the Guardian last Saturday (thanks to Tessa for spotting it) by Alex James, … more →