When CIBSE and the ADE publish the updated Heat Networks Code of Practice (known as CP1 2020) in the coming weeks, a wave of new minimum standards for buildings on heat networks will come into force. These changes, when combined with the recently updated Heat Networks (Metering and Billing) [...]
Last Friday, with little ceremony, the government laid an amendment to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations. The industry has been waiting for these changes for five years but when they finally arrived, it became clear that they undermine the government’s commitment to low carbon heat and the principle [...]
Right now, only a small percent of buildings in the UK have heat energy supplied by heat networks - but that figure is expected to rise to at least 18% by 2050. We visited the East London District Energy Scheme to explain what a heat network is, how they [...]
On 1 October 2020, Guru, together with FairHeat and Sycous, hosted the webinar Towards efficient, low carbon heat networks for social housing. Watch the recording and download the case studies. Summary Ahead of upcoming regulation and CP1 2020, FairHeat, Guru Systems and Sycous share best practice using case studies [...]
Guru and Altecnic are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted in the ADE (Association for Decentralised Energy) Awards in the ‘Heat and Efficiency – Digital Innovation’ category, for our intelligent heating product, the Guru Integrate SATK32. The award comes shortly after we announced our partnership with Altecnic. Our [...]
Guru and FairHeat are delighted to announce that their collaborative product Guru Verify has been shortlisted for the ‘Heat and Efficiency – Design Innovation’ category at this year's Decentralised Energy Awards. Guru Verify is a mobile and web app for quicker, more cost effective acceptance testing. The product combines FairHeat’s [...]
Industry-first product enables remote control and continuous commissioning of heat networks Altecnic, the UK's leading supplier of hydronic solutions and part of the Caleffi Group, has joined up with Guru Systems to launch an industry-first intelligent heating network product. The Guru Integrate SATK32 is the first-of-its-kind to market and enables remote [...]
The heat network metering and billing regulations require heat suppliers to charge customers based on actual consumption wherever a heat meter is installed. For many building owners and operators, especially social housing providers and local authorities, the easiest way to meet this requirement, while also managing debt risk, is to [...]
Guru is delighted to announce that the company has won the Energy Innovation (UK) category in this year’s Ashden Awards. Guru develops intelligent technology to make energy systems more transparent, lower cost and lower carbon. The team delivers market-leading hardware and data analytics across heat networks, improving performance for developers, [...]
This month saw the launch of the Heat Networks Industry Council (HNIC), a group that brings together industry leaders to set out a shared vision for the future of heat networks in the UK. The Council’s members are varied, ranging from organisations who design heat networks and put pipes in [...]