Ep5 Social Housing: Affordable warmth

Serious about sustainability

English - September 24, 2020 08:49 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MB
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In this episode, Max Halliwell from Ecodan talks to Rob Hicks, Innovation Manager at Sovereign Housing Association. They discuss Sovereign's decision to invest in sustainable heating technology to meet their long-term, 'affordable warmth' objectives for residents. Rob reflects on the housing association's ten-year relationship with Ecodan, and the educational challenges they overcame when introducing new technology.

01:00 / Early adopters for Ecodan technology

01:30 / A long term approach

02:49 / What is affordable warmth?

04:53 / Using Energy Performance Certificates

06:10 / The best recipe for home energy efficiency

09:17 / Changing to Ecodan

10:53 / Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan

11:22 / Challenges of new technology

13:30 / Selecting the right energy tariff

16:30 / MELCloud app for Ecodan monitoring

17:03 / MELConsole for maintenance and servicing