BetaTalk - The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast
140 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBetaTalk is the recent winner of the British Renewable Energy Awards 2020 communication category “which recognises an organisation who has done most to enhance awareness or championed positive change for renewables or clean technology with key opinion formers: parliament, government or the public”Nathan Gambling known as BetaTeach on Twitter discusses energy and the transition to low carbon technologies such as solar thermal and heat pumps with some of the best renewable engineers. He is uniquely known in the industry for spotting the exceptionally high talented heating engineers who are out at the coal face doing their bit to decarbonise our homes and buildings.
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Monitoring Heating Systems
February 12, 2022 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBNathan chats to Stephanie who was monitoring heat pump systems out in Canada. One of the things Nathan is passionate about is using monitoring and Smart HTC to measure real heat loss. Monitoring can also be used to establish performance and highlight either faulty equipment or bad installation practice. In the Autumn of 2021 Nathan gave evidence to a policy commission involving members of BEIS, the CCC and OFGEM on the importance of monitoring. Enjoy the episode Support the Show.
Monitoring Heating Systems
February 12, 2022 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBNathan chats to Stephanie who was monitoring heat pump systems out in Canada. One of the things Nathan is passionate about is using monitoring and Smart HTC to measure real heat loss. Monitoring can also be used to establish performance and highlight either faulty equipment or bad installation practice. In the Autumn of 2021 Nathan gave evidence to a policy commission involving members of BEIS, the CCC and OFGEM on the importance of monitoring. Enjoy the episode Support the show (https:...
Fuel Poverty and Modulation
February 05, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBGas prices have risen. This is having a dramatic effect on the poor. Nathan discusses the sorry state of ECO, the Energy Companies Obligation and how boilers have been installed in such a way that the heating systems in the homes of the fuel poor are not as efficient as they should be. Is anyone to blame? Is anyone researching this? To listen to the bonus episodes, including one coming shortly on how radiators are sized correctly for your home please sign up Support the Show.
Cleaning Up Energy with Michael Liebreich
January 30, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBIn an experimental podcast episode Nathan chats to his friend and world renowned Michael Liebreich who hosts the Cleaning Up podcast. It is a dual podcast and will go out on BetaTalk and Cleaning Up. You can even watch it here on YouTube Nathan and Michael discuss how we have the technology for low carbon heating but lack the skills to implement it. As an expert on finance Michael touches on the fact that investment money is there ready and waiting. If you would like to hear extra bonus e...
Why Don't New Build Homes Have Heat Pumps?
January 21, 2022 01:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBPlanning permission and planning allocation are complex topics and Nathan invited along his friend Rico Wojtulewicz, the head of housing and policy at the National Federation of Builders, for a chat about how the planning process hinders the uptake of low carbon heating technology such as heat pumps. A fantastic episode where Nathan learns new terms and concepts such as Open Spaces Local Development Order Reserved Matters Biodiversity Net Gain Call for Sights Subdivision of large site...
The Training Fiasco in Plumbing & Heating
December 21, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBNathan was joined by a very special guest on the first episode of a new season sponsored by the Heat Geek Team. Nathan has been trying to help the heating industry realise there needs to be a paradigm shift in the way we train people. Many people are now involved in the training and education discourse, but unfortunately they have little understanding around the science of learning. So, for this episode, Nathan interviews one of the world's leading experts on the subject Nick Shackleton J...
The Most Important Component in a Heating System
December 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBCorrosion is a big problem in wet central heating systems. The water within the heating system is the cheapest yet regarded as the most important component. Unfortunately, it's perhaps the least understood and often neglected. Many boiler breakdowns are caused by corrosion and in a transition to heat pumps we will need to be careful about water quality. Nathan chats to his good friend Ricky from Thoroughflush and Simon from elexion about VDI2035. VDI2035 is a German standard for water qua...
Decarbonising Homes- A chat with policy expert Guy Newey
November 26, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBNathan chats to a good friend of the podcast, Guy Newey, about decarbonising our homes and heating Guy is Director of Strategy and Performance at the Energy Systems Catapult - (sponsor of season 3 of BetaTalk) He was the Energy Adviser to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark and Special Advisor to former Energy Secretary Amber Rudd. He has also worked as Head of Policy at OVO, one of the UK's energy suppliers, and was Head of Environment a...
Decarbonising Homes- A chat with policy expert Guy Newey
November 26, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBNathan chats to a good friend of the podcast, Guy Newey, about decarbonising our homes and heating Guy is Director of Strategy and Performance at the Energy Systems Catapult - (sponsor of season 3 of BetaTalk) He was the Energy Adviser to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark and Special Advisor to former Energy Secretary Amber Rudd. He has also worked as Head of Policy at OVO, one of the UK's energy suppliers, and was Head of Environment a...
What Kind of Heat Pump?
November 16, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBNathan has a conversation with industry veteran Bob Beattie about air to air heat pumps which have been heating and cooling us for many years outside of our homes. Bob and Nathan discuss mini splits, multi splits and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems (otherwise known as variable refrigerant volume VRV Often, discussions around heat pumps in the media only concentrate on air to water heat pumps e.g. air source heat pumps which transfer heat to a wet system such as underfloor or radiat...
What Kind of Heat Pump?
November 16, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBNathan has a conversation with industry veteran Bob Beattie about air to air heat pumps which have been heating and cooling us for many years outside of our homes. Bob and Nathan discuss mini splits, multi splits and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems (otherwise known as variable refrigerant volume VRV Often, discussions around heat pumps in the media only concentrate on air to water heat pumps e.g. air source heat pumps which transfer heat to a wet system such as underfloor or radiat...
Comfort As A Service - Sero & Optimised Retrofit
October 27, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBNathan speaks with his season 4 sponsors Sero and the Welsh Government Optimised Retrofit Programme Check out what the team all look like here https://youtu.be/vLsZNO9UPuA Call to action for installers and SME's https://www.optimised-retrofit.wales/partners-procurement-sme/ More info on Sero https://sero.group/press-room/sero-sets-the-standard-for-delivering-zero-carbon-homes/ Support the Show.
The Heat in Buildings Strategy - A Chat with Mathew Aylott from BEIS
October 21, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBThe long awaited strategy was out this week and Nathan had the chance to chat with Matthew who heads up the electrification team. BEIS have worked hard to pull this strategy together which is bound to please some and perplex others. The boiler upgrade scheme is hot topic and "heat pumps" trended the day of the announcement. Take a listen on the BetaTalk Podcast Support the Show.
Frustration With The Boiler Industry
October 16, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBWe chat with Kim from the Heat Academy. Kim was asked to help train the supervisors of a large plumbing and heating company who install the heating on large developments (New Builds). He was shocked that in this case it seemed the boiler manufacturer had designers specifying heating systems that will not work very well with modern boilers. Heating system design is critical in this energy transition...does it help if the manufacturers are not fully understanding heating design themselves? ...
Can ALL Homes Be Heated With Heat Pumps - Theoretically YES
October 05, 2021 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBYou just have Nathan on this episode who wanted to help explain further what is going on with heat in a home e.g. how does heat move, how is heat measured, what is the relationship between energy (joules) and power (Watts) Sit back and enjoy. Please, please share this episode with others as it will help. If you are a heating engineer, PAS assessor or coordinator please sign up to the email list in the link below if you would like to be part of the Learning Support Platform Nathan is devel...
Big Heat Pumps - Talking to Dave Pearson from Star Renewable Energy
September 18, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBBig heat pumps powering district heat networks is the topic of conversation. Nathan chats with a well known figure from the vapour compression industry Dave Pearson, the Group Sustainable Development Director from Star Renewable Energy. Star Renewable Energy, based in Glasgow, Scotland is responsible for the world’s largest 90°C natural heat pump for district heating based in Drammen, Norway. Star uses ammonia, a naturally occurring refrigerant with zero ozone depletion potential for their...
What is a Hydrogen and Hydrogen Ready Boiler?
September 05, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBIn this very honest episode Nathan chat's to Martyn Bridges from Worcester Bosch about 100% hydrogen boilers and hydrogen ready boilers, also known as H2 ready boilers. Worcester Bosch are a very well known boiler brand here in the UK who are also involved with renewable technology such as solar thermal, air to air heat pumps, air to water heat pumps and ground source heat pumps. There is a lot of confusion around hydrogen and the decarbonisation of heat and hopefully this episode is abl...
What is the Best Boiler - if you can not have a heat pump yet?
August 23, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBWhat is the best boiler features on some consumer sites. Unfortunately, these consumer sites have very little knowledge around boilers so it is best to take their advice with a pinch of salt . In this episode Nathan chats to Si Posket who is going to be doing a lot more heat pump work with his friend Craig from https://cbrookesheating.co.uk/ We also chat to Damon from https://blakemoreplumbingandheating.co.uk/ who has really impressed Nathan with his commitment to the industry and to lea...
Zoning Heat Pumps Can Be Bad For Comfort & Efficiency
August 07, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBZoning heat pumps and heating systems is the topic of this episode. We chat with Adam Chapman AKA Heat Geek who is one of the BetaTalk Heat Architects about a recent video he published on youtube https://youtu.be/zpTVIeUh04E Adam runs the Heat Geek Hydronics course and you can find a discount code at Nathan's website https://www.betateach.co.uk/ We also get to chat with Jez Climas who is a very rare breed of merchant who actually understands the technology he sells along with the heating ...
Chatting with John Cantor Author of the book Heat Pumps for the Home
July 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBJohn Cantor has been working with heat pumps since the late 70s and with refrigeration much earlier. He wrote his book along with Gavin DJ Harper (one of the BetaTalk guest battery experts) back in 2010 just before the renewable heat incentive came into play. He is joined by regular guests Ken and Steve who are big fans of John's pioneering work. It's a longer than usual episode so please use the chapter markers if you wish to find specific topics being discussed. John's book is here https...
Decarbonising Heat in America: a conversation with Nate The House Whisperer
July 01, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBDecarbonising heat is a world wide challenge and Nathan had a conversation with Nate in Virginia USA to see what is going on over there. Season 4 has a short bulletin at the end of each episode where Nathan and the Welsh Government Optimised Retrofit team listen to coal face engineers to learn about any issues and barriers they think they may face with a transition to renewables. Support the Show.
Decarbonising Heat in America: a conversation with Nate The House Whisperer
July 01, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBDecarbonising heat is a world wide challenge and Nathan had a conversation with Nate in Virginia USA to see what is going on over there. Season 4 has a short bulletin at the end of each episode where Nathan and the Welsh Government Optimised Retrofit team listen to coal face engineers to learn about any issues and barriers they think they may face with a transition to renewables. Support the show
Retrofit with PAS2035 and TrustMark
June 07, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBIn this episode Nathan chats to his friend Colin King from Sero group who manage the Welsh Governments Optimised Retrofit programme and are season 4 sponsor of BetaTalk. Colin spent time at the BRE and is highly regarded voice within retrofit. He helped develop the PAS 2035 standards which came about from the Each Home Counts review. Nathan is also joined by Isaac Occhipinti from HHIC and Phil Mason from TrustMark to discuss how PAS2035 and TrustMark can fit into the transition to renewab...
Solar Thermal Hybrid
May 28, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBWe have a great chat with regular guest Steve about a solar thermal hybrid system he has recently commissioned for a customer. In the bulletin at the end we speak with Paul, a past president at the CIPHE about any barriers into renewables and retrofit. Sign up to the email at http://www.betateach.co.uk/ to learn more about Steve and other engineers designs Support the Show.
To Heat Pump Hull & Back
May 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBJoin James P and James C from Elite, a renewable and gas installation company based in Hull. We hear about their experience with the green homes grant and the renewable heat incentive and the uptake of heat pumps. James P comes from the PV industry and we learn how he teamed up with partner James from the gas boiler industry. We also chat with Lee Fischer who now works at Sero. Subscribe to receive the newsletter which features some of the finest heating engineers and their projects at http...
Evergreen Energy's Approach to the Electrification of Heat
April 29, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBIn this last episode of season 3 Nathan speaks with Evergreen Energy about how they will train their installers and engineers for the uptake of heat pumps. Gas engineer Ben was also on the show to discuss his training journey. Support the Show.
5 Common Mistakes with Heat Pump Installs (Part 2)
April 12, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBIn part 1 we heard Steve's common heat pump mistakes now we get to hear from another #betatalk heat architect Si Poskett. It's worth remembering heat pumps are just the heat source on a system, rather like a boiler is the heat source on a system. It is understanding the system as a whole which is the important part. If you wish to learn about hydronic system design you can use my discount code BETA5 with this course https://courses.heatgeek.com/ref/10/?campaign=BetaTeach&HeatGeek Suppo...
5 Common Mistakes with Heat Pump Installs (Part 1)
April 10, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBHeat Pumps are fantastic technology. They first trialed in homes in 1948. But they do have to be installed and used correctly. In the first episode we listen to Steve, one of the BetaTalk Heat Architects. In the second episode we listen to Si Poskett another BetaTalk Heat Architect Want to learn all about hydronics to help you in your profession? Whether you are an engineer, sustainability manager, environmental editor or working in the energy sector it will help you. Warning: this stuf...
Ground Source & Water Source Heat Pumps
March 18, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBNathan talks to Victor Hyman who is the executive director of climate care, a cooperative of around 30 HVAC contractors in Ontario Canada, and Robin Curtis who has been involved with ground and water source heat pumps for many moons. This episode covers some history of GSHP as well as discussing what open loop and closed loop systems are both in water sources and vertical bore holes Support the Show.
How to Train the Army of Engineers Needed to Decarbonise Heat
March 03, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBNathan discusses how he thinks LA's will need to know who the good engineers are and how the self employed may not want to become MCS. He also introduces us to BetaTeach, the methodology needed for effective training and how LA's, Manufacturers and Associations can all pledge their support. Support the Show.
Community Energy Projects, Energy Hubs & Local Area Energy Plans
February 17, 2021 18:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBLocal Area Energy Plans are something this seasons sponsors Energy Systems Catapult are keen to promote. Different parts of the country will require different stratagies to decarbonise heat, distribute power and organise transport. In the episode Nathan talks to community hero John Talylor who is involved with Greater South East Energy Hub, one of the five energy hubs across the country. Energy Hubs are made up of local enterprise partnerships such as New Anglia in Nathan's region. John d...
Are Heat Pumps Cheap to Run
February 06, 2021 15:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBAgile tariffs, wholesale electricity price, peak and off peak electricity are some of the themes being discussed here with Nathan's guests Helen and Karalos from https://www.evergreenenergy.co.uk/ and Leah from https://www.yourenergyyourway.co.uk/ Nathan is talking to Evergreen Energy about the Homely device, a thermostat which monitors electricity pricing and can switch your heat pump on and off according to the electricity prices. Dynamic tariffs being offerd from some companies will p...
Can I Have a Heat Pump
January 29, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBIn the first episode after betatalk won the British Renewable Energy Awards communication category Nathan is joined by two of his favourite engineers Steve and Steve. Along for the ride is Dominic representing the consumer perspective but who ls has vast experience regarding heat loss measurement and building fabric. Topics and themes discussed are do radiators need to bigger for heat pumps; pipe sizing for heat pumps e.g. can microbore be used for heat pumps. Electric capacity for heat pu...
What is Heat As A Service
January 03, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBThis episode was recorded mid 2020 Nathan discusses heat as a service with Matthew Lipson, Dave Smith and Jayesh Kanbi. Matthew works at https://es.catapult.org.uk/ (energy systems catapult) and has experience working at the Dept of Energy & Climate Change (now the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy ) and the Climate Change Committee. He regularly engages on social media with Nathan and other engineers in the heating space and is a firm friend of the podcast. Dave Smi...
How To Get MCS Accredited & the Green Homes Grant Bottleneck
December 17, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode Nathan speaks with Adam Chapman from https://heatgeek.com/ about his experience with becoming MCS accredited. It's often heard how MCS is very complex for a heating engineer to undertake so Adam tries to help alleviate any of the mystery. Adam is finding the process enjoyable and hopefully we will see many more smaller companies and sole traders obtain MCS. However, we discuss how the green homes grant, which has driven up demand for technologies such as solar thermal heatin...
How To Get MCS Accredited & the Green Homes Grant Bottleneck
December 17, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode Nathan speaks with Adam Chapman from https://heatgeek.com/ about his experience with becoming MCS accredited. It's often heard how MCS is very complex for a heating engineer to undertake so Adam tries to help alleviate any of the mystery. Adam is finding the process enjoyable and hopefully we will see many more smaller companies and sole traders obtain MCS. However, we discuss how the green homes grant, which has driven up demand for technologies such as solar thermal heatin...
Fabric First? Not always
November 30, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBIn this episode Nathan speaks with Adam Chapman from Vito Energy and heat geek which is an excellent resource for consumers and engineers. This episode centres around what we can do right now to our heating systems to reduce carbon emissions. Fabric First is inculcated and for obvious reasons. However, there is often something which can be done to the heating system at no cost (or for very little) and with no disruption to the customer which reduces emissions. Scale this up across the 22 t...
Ten Heat Pump Myths
November 15, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 83.2 MBIn this episode Nathan's guests myth bust heat pumps. He is joined by Bean from the Ground Source Heat Pump Association and Heat Pump Federation; Robin who is also from the GSHPA and Bill, a heat pump specialist. All 3 guests are engineers with a vast amount of knowledge with heat pump technology. Heat pumps are a recognised technology for helping the UK decarbonise heat and reach net zero. Unfortunately, there does seem to be some myths about what they can and can not do. Here are the m...
Are Heat Pumps Expensive? A discussion with Evergreen Energy about Assignment of Rights
November 05, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBIn this episode Nathan discusses with Evergreen Energy how consumers are able to get help with the upfront cost of renewable heating technology. Evergreen Energy are an OFGEM approved investor who are able to offer consumers the chance to assign the RHI (renewable heat incentive) payments over to them in order to have a heat pump system installed at a much cheaper rate than is often considered. Listen to Helen explain how Evergreen Energy was engendered by entrepreneur Stephen Critchlow. ...
What is The Green Homes Grant ?
October 27, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThe first episode of season 3 discusses the green home energy grant with renewable heating engineers Leah and Steve and also Kathryn from the University of Lancaster For more information around this grant from the government visit the SimpleEnergy Advice website. This episode highlights how hard it can be for consumers and find out why Steve and other engineers have opted not to take part in the scheme Support the Show.
Split Systems, Heat Pumps with Propane and Other Types of Refrigerant
August 15, 2020 17:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBGraeme Fox Head of REFCOM - provider of F-Gas Schemes, James Baker, Renewable Heat Engineer (both land and sea) and Lisa-Jayne Cook a refrigeration engineer and along with Graham a board member of IOR Institute of Refrigeration 01:00 Graham describes how REFCOM was set up to provide quality environmental standards. Very interesting how the recovery of refrigerant used to be voluntary. He also explains the two tier system of REFCOM F-Gas certification and REFCOM ELITE 02:19 Lisa explains...
Split Systems, Heat Pumps with Propane and Other Types of Refrigerant
August 15, 2020 17:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBGraeme Fox Head of REFCOM - provider of F-Gas Schemes, James Baker, Renewable Heat Engineer (both land and sea) and Lisa-Jayne Cook a refrigeration engineer and along with Graham a board member of IOR Institute of Refrigeration 01:00 Graham describes how REFCOM was set up to provide quality environmental standards. Very interesting how the recovery of refrigerant used to be voluntary. He also explains the two tier system of REFCOM F-Gas certification and REFCOM ELITE 02:19 Lisa explains...
District Heating, Heat Networks, Solar Heat Networks part 2
July 28, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MB00.40 Paul Hull's experience in Denmark where there are lots of heat networks. He was out there. to look at heat recovery systems. He talks about how heat is captured from FaceBook's servers 01.35 Flue recovery for capturing heat 02.40 Energy wastage in the UK and energy efficiency 03.30 Building Management Systems 04.40 District Heating systems being decommissioned, and Battersea Power Station 05.55 Hybrid Energy Centres 06.30 Europe heat networks inspiring the UK 09.00 Lack of understan...
District Heating, Heat Networks, Solar Heat Networks part 1
July 24, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBGuests: Ingo Leusbrock Head of department "Cities and Networks" at AEE Institute For Sustainable Technologie a Non-profit research institute in Gleisdorf, Austria https://www.aee-intec.at/index.php?lang=en Research and demonstration on renewable energy and energy and resource efficiency with strong focus on the thermal. This includes district heating and cooling, but also spatial energy planning, Positive Energy Districts. With main projects / contribution: ThermaFLEX, national flagship ...
Heat Pumps and Solar Heat - The Challenges and Complexities of Installing Low Carbon Technologies Part 2
July 13, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBVisit the BetaTeach Youtube Channel where you'll be able to see my BetaTalk guests. Please like and subscribe. 00:30 Heat Pump manufacturer training 01:58 Heat Pump supply chain issues. Heat Pump and solar thermal technology is not ordinarily stocked in plumbing merchants. Getting it delivered often involves extra contingency and logistics. 05:36 Solar Thermal suppliers and the issues with obtaining solar heat components 08:35 Why heat pump engineers often have to add on price 09:45 Heati...
Heat Pumps and Solar Heat - The Challenges and Complexities of Installing Low Carbon Technologies Part 2
July 13, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBVisit the BetaTeach Youtube Channel where you'll be able to see my BetaTalk guests. Please like and subscribe. 00:30 Heat Pump manufacturer training 01:58 Heat Pump supply chain issues. Heat Pump and solar thermal technology is not ordinarily stocked in plumbing merchants. Getting it delivered often involves extra contingency and logistics. 05:36 Solar Thermal suppliers and the issues with obtaining solar heat components 08:35 Why heat pump engineers often have to add on price 09:45 Heati...
Heat Pumps and Solar Heat - The Challenges and Complexities of Installing Low Carbon Technologies
July 03, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBSubscribe to this podcast on Spotify and iTunes and find this episode also on the BetaTeach Youtube Channel. Please leave a good review to help others interested in these essential topics find us through search engines. Heat Pump podcasts I imagine a few and far between. This one likes to meet the engineers installing heat pumps, solar thermal systems etc. to see and understand the challenges which they face. Engineers are at the front line of installing renewable technology and have diffe...
Heat Pumps and Solar Heat - The Challenges and Complexities of Installing Low Carbon Technologies
July 03, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBSubscribe to this podcast on Spotify and iTunes and find this episode also on the BetaTeach Youtube Channel. Please leave a good review to help others interested in these essential topics find us through search engines. Heat Pump podcasts I imagine a few and far between. This one likes to meet the engineers installing heat pumps, solar thermal systems etc. to see and understand the challenges which they face. Engineers are at the front line of installing renewable technology and have diffe...
VDI2035 Corrosion Prevention for Efficient Heating Systems
June 22, 2020 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBHow to clean a heating system and how to prevent corrosion and sludge (magnetite) from forming in radiators are very common questions. Inhibitors can be used but UK heating engineers are now learning about best practice in Germany and the VDI 2035. Magnetic, a German company, are bringing demineralisation technology and the VDI 20135 to the UK. In this interview we meet one of Nathan's favourite engineers Si Poskett; Joe Sharpe, head of content for Installer Online Magazine and Michael Gri...
How to be a Renewable Heating Engineer
June 10, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBPhil Hurley MD of NIBE and the vice chairperson of the Heat Pump Association, Paul Hull the campaign director of Gas Safe Super Hero's and Keith Harrison discuss with Nathan on the BetaTeach BetaTallk podcast how gas and oil engineers can transition to low carbon heating technologies such as heat pumps and solar heat. Support the Show.