SAP 2009 – Carbon Intensity of Electricity July 17, 2009
Posted by Tom Naughton in Editorial.Tags: Carbon Factor, Carbon Intensity, Heat, Heat pumps, SAP
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As noted in an earlier post, the carbon factor of electricity is a rather enigmatic figure. Well, it looks like we will soon be adding the figure 0.591 kgCO2/kWh to the list as SAP 2009 and the new Part L documents come in to force.
With a massive increase of 40% over the SAP 2005 figure (0.422kgCO2/kWh) this will have large implications for the specifying of renewable technologies for planning and offseting CO2 emissions.
The biggest loser is set to be heat pumps. Currently, and somewhat controversially, heat pumps are considered a renewable technology within SAP and the London Plan.
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Renewable Grants for the Public Sector July 8, 2009
Posted by Tom Naughton in Editorial.Tags: Biomass, Heat pumps, LCBP, Low carbon buildings programme, Microhydro, Microwind, Phase 2, Renewable grants, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Wind turbine
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The Low Carbon Buildings Programme – Phase 2, which is aimed at getting low carbon technologies integrated into public sector owned buildings such as local authorities, schools and housing associations, has just been revamped with an extra £35 million available for the next two years.
