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Sector leading knowledgeThree questions to answer to be ready for the full regulations
In this blog, Nicholas Doyle, Director and Cofounder of Chirpy Heat, shines a valuable spotlight on the importance of answering three questions that will help you stay compliant with the first phase...
Feedback from our clients – Chirpy Heat Client Survey 2024
Listening to our clients and ensuring their voice is at the heart of our decision-making is particularly important to us. At the end of 2024, as part of our plan to guide us on our journey towards...
‘Tis The Season of Giving
Each Christmas, the Chirpy Heat team nominates charities that are close to their hearts as part of our Workplace Giving Programme, which sees a percentage of our profits allocated to charitable...
To B Corp or not to B Corp? How our journey raised some tough questions on our journey to certification
We set up Chirpy Heat because we wanted to find answers to all the questions we had when we worked in housing and were trying to deliver affordable, reliable and low carbon heat networks for...
Get your tariffs right with Chirpy Heat
As the demand for low carbon, reliable heating solutions rises in the form of heat networks; understanding the importance of setting the correct heat tariff is critical for both operator and...
Heat Network Management in housing providers: past, present and future
As Chirpy Heat turns five, Director and Co-Founder Will Routh reflects on the journey of heat network management for housing providers, from managing communal boilers as part of their landlord duty...
Regulation – What do the insights show?
In 2025 all communal heating will be regulated by Ofgem. This will mean that housing providers will be treated in the same way as energy companies such British Gas and SSE. This is a big...
The good, the bad and the ambiguous: does the latest Government response on full heat network regulation address the issues for housing providers? Maybe.
Full heat network regulation is coming in Spring 2025. The social housing sector is by far the largest operator of heat networks in the country: how this regulation is developed and rolled out will...
How procurement frameworks are helping housing to win the game of heat network whack-a-mole
Heat network management is hard – it is a combination of delivering long term improvement and compliance at the same time as managing multiple short term operational issues that can range from...
A housing friend or foe? What does the development of heat zones and the mandatory connection of homes across the country mean for asset management and development for the sector?
There is an active – and heated – debate going on in the sector around heat zones that will include the mandatory connection to heat networks, and whether they are an opportunity for the sector or...