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Smart technology from Bradford firm helps tackle energy price crisis

Innovative technology – designed and manufactured by Switch2 Energy in Shipley – will ease the cost of higher gas prices for UK heat networks.

The new ICON connected heat interface unit (HIU), launched by Switch2 Energy, is helping housing providers to improve heat network efficiency by up to 35%. This is delivering major cost savings and reducing carbon emissions by as much as 40%.

Richard Harrison, CEO of Switch2 Energy said: “Soaring wholesale gas prices mean residents on heat networks are facing much higher energy costs. Our ICON HIU is taking efficient heat network operation to the next level. We’re helping operators to achieve dramatic cost and carbon savings so that they can keep energy bills as low as possible and work towards net zero goals.”

HIUs are similar to individual gas boilers, but instead of converting mains gas into heat, they link with a central energy centre to create hot water and heating/cooling for each home connected to the heat network.

Richard Harrison continued: “We are proud to lead on smart technology innovation and look forward to helping more operators to deliver greener, high efficiency, lower cost new generation district and community heating schemes.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Switch2 Energy Ltd .