We’re using our Guru smart metering and control platform to do real-time monitoring of district heating at Octavia’s flagship site in NW London. Our aim is to eliminate the two biggest risks that DH operators face: bad debt and hidden inefficiencies. Here’s an article summarising what we’re up to.
Want to stay updated? Subscribe to email alerts for this blog or follow me on twitter.
Advertisements
Good article. I liked the part about landlords being “fearful of inadvertently making a profit” with regard to setting tariffs – leaving little room for error in the network.
I’ve seen plenty of examples of schemes being staged developments, connected to a single plant room. Therefore effectively being an “oversized” heat network until the last block is connected. It can take years before such a developments efficiencies are properly understood – by this stage D&L periods can lapse and property management could have changed hands.
Owners/operators are usually reluctant to set high heating costs early, opting for fully operating industry norms and end up subsidizing heat over the entire development – losing an unexpected tens of thousands each year for several years. All could have been avoided with different design, project management or commissioning – possibly even tariff setting assumptions.