Ep5 Social Housing: Affordable warmth

24/09/2020 20 min Episodio 5
Ep5 Social Housing: Affordable warmth

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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 technology01:30 / A long term approach02:49 / What is affordable warmth?04:53 / Using Energy Performance Certificates06:10 / The best recipe for home energy efficiency09:17 / Changing to Ecodan10:53 / Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan11:22 / Challenges of new technology13:30 / Selecting the right energy tariff 16:30 / MELCloud app for Ecodan monitoring17:03 / MELConsole for maintenance and servicing www.ecodan.co.ukwww.sovereign.org.uk