Category: Technology
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Case Study: Replacing gas heating in a first-floor flat with a tepeo ZEB heat battery
Getting rid of gas, decarbonisation and securing low-cost energy is possible for you. Here, we had a first-floor flat, an old gas back boiler, no option for an Air Source Heat Pump. No problem. Find out how Brimstone Energy found the answer with a tepeoZEB heat battery…
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Case Study: Getting rid of gas with a tepeo heat battery boiler, solar panels and a Powervault battery.
Getting rid of gas with a tepeo heat battery boiler, solar panels and a Powervault battery. Find out about Brimstone Energy’s recent installation and read the case study to see what could be possible for you and your home?
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Case Study: Installing a tepeo ZEB heat battery boiler and saying “bye bye” to biomass
What alternatives to traditional heating are you thinking about? Maybe you know it’s time to get off gas. Maybe you’re facing the prospect of a costly replacement of an oil boiler. Or maybe, like Neil and Kate Edgeley from Bedfordshire, you’re dealing with a temperamental biomass boiler, lots of maintenance, cleaning and rising costs. The…
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Solar panels and battery storage: Trusting Brimstone Energy for savings and the ‘feel good factor.’
What does solar panel and battery installation look like in real life? John and Sandra share their solar panel journey, overcoming initial concerns about aesthetics and finding the right local installer offering a personalised service. Following a smooth installation, they enjoy energy savings and a ‘feel good factor.’ They recommend Brimstone Energy and encourage others…
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What does bi-directional EV charging mean for home storage batteries?
We do think that bi-directional charging is really exciting. There is a real opportunity to have a distributed Virtual Power Plant, with multi GWh of storage capacity available. However we haven’t seen a convincing financial model that clearly articulates how this can work for the average working family.
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GivEnergy EV Charger
GivEnergy are shortly to release their EV charger to the market. We believe that this will be a game changer for GivEnergy’s position in the marketplace.
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“To what extent are governments the driving force of change?”
Governments are not (and never have been) the driving force of change. Private enterprise drives innovation. These changes to how we heat and power our homes are happening now, irrespective of government U-turns.
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Heat Pumps are greener than burning gas under all circumstances
It is a common criticism of Heat Pumps that if the electricity they use isn’t green, then the heat pump itself isn’t green. Robert Howarth completely debunks this criticism in his 2016 paper on the topic. The normal way to heat water using gas is worse for green house gas emissions that a heat pump,…
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Does smart thermostat technology encourage inefficient heating behaviour?
Smart thermostats offer the ability to control your heating much more intricately than a traditional wall mounted thermostat. But does this capability actually increase efficiency? The smart thermostat speaks to our tech enabled Amazon generation. You want heat immediately? No problem. You can boost the heating whilst on the tube on the way home. But…
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The benefits of smart meters
Smart Meters have now come of age, with time of use tariffs that use the smart technology becoming more common.