Study: Waste heat network rollout could cut social and affordable housing energy bills by £142m

Stuart Stone
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Warming 70,000 new social and affordable homes with waste heat and large air source heat pumps would prove far cheaper than electric panel heating, study finds

Investment in heat networks, alongside the expansion of the UK's electricity grid, could collectively save residents of planned social and affordable housing developments around £142m a year on their energy...

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