Many of our venues are asking for advice about grants to make improvements to their buildings. Here’s the “big picture” view.
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About grants and finance
Author: jeanc
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Thermal imaging – is it useful?
Thermal imaging produces pretty pictures, but is it useful? We once set a masters student to answer that very question.
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The four sessions
What are HeatHack sessions like? Here’s what groups do in each one.
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New recruitment materials
We have a new recruitment presentation – if you are helping us find new groups to take part, please feel free to use it.
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An interesting heating control story
Here’s an existing heating control problem in a set of halls – one thing our engineers help communities think about during our programme.
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Can we use alkaline batteries?
Our thermal monitors will work on non-rechargeable alkaline batteries, but we don’t know how long they will give readings, and when the voltage drops too far, the relative humidity readings will be inaccurate.
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Sharing thermal monitors
Engineers, there’s a slight wrinkle if you want to put two thermal monitors in the same building. We explain how.
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An electricity puzzle
One of our venues has very high electricity use at night, and we’re wondering why.
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Enforcing a minimum temperature
If your heating controls don’t enforce a “setback” temperature, in this kind of weather the building can get cold enough to risk damage. Here’s what good control looks like.
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Temporary secondary glazing
Polycarbonate secondary glazing can be a good heat loss solution for windows that don’t need to open in winter. It’s cheap and almost invisible.