Birmingham City University ditches gas boilers for heat pumps at City South Campus

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New system at School of Health Sciences at the university's City South Campus provides more than 1MW of heating and 1MW of cooling

Birmingham City University has replaced fossil gas heating with zero carbon heat pumps at its School of Health and Sciences building, as part of a wider drive to slash emissions across its entire estate....

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