In this article, we aim to clarify the difference between two types of heat networks: 4th generation and ambient loop. For both, we’ll consider how they are affected by the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations, and how monitoring these types of heat networks can improve performance. What is [...]
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) is awarding £32m worth of grant funding across eight rounds to heat network operators who want to improve the performance of their existing heat networks. >> Read more about the details of the scheme in our post How to use Heat Network Efficiency [...]
The Guru Systems team has over ten years experience of delivering technology solutions across heat networks. Our sales, site delivery and client services teams are here to help - whether your site is at design stage, or closer to residents moving in. Here we run through each of the [...]
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) is a £32m grant funding scheme to improve the performance of existing heat networks. Guru Systems supported six projects as part of the previous HNES Demonstrator, and in this article we share case studies from two of those projects as well as covering [...]
The London Plan Policy SI 2 sets out the ‘be seen’ requirement for all major development proposals to monitor and report on their actual operational energy performance for at least five years. The ‘Be Seen’ energy monitoring guidance explains how to comply. What is a ‘major development’? Major developments [...]
White paper published by Guru Systems: 'Do ambient temperature heat networks or shared ground loop arrays have to comply with the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations?' Guru Systems has published a white paper examining the different heat network systems and whether it is required to fit meters and [...]
Guru Systems has been offering remote HIU configuration for over a year. We teamed up with Altecnic to create the Guru Integrate SATK32 - a collaboration that allows network managers to remotely view and change HIU settings. It's difficult to overstate just how much of an impact remote HIU configuration [...]
We all know that it’s best to design heat networks for the lowest whole-life cost - but sometimes project budgets are so constrained that CAPEX must be kept to an absolute minimum. Recognising this reality is what inspired us to create Guru Hub 3 Core - monitoring hardware for heat [...]
Wholesale gas prices have risen sharply this winter and the impact on energy bills has been considerable. The price cap which protects customers who heat their homes using gas boilers had already risen by 12% in October, and will rise again by an unprecedented 54% from April. Despite the [...]
There’s a general misconception that local authorities will always choose a pay-as-you-go billing system for their residents living on heat networks. In fact, many choose credit billing. Some customers prefer to pay for the heat they use at the end of month, and for local authorities, credit billing can [...]