Thirteen Group
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One of the UN Sustainable Development Goal aims to make cities and homes inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Thirteen has been working to install and maintain renewable heating systems which will benefit customers in the future.
As part of the organisation’s investment plans, customers living at Oval Grange in Hartlepool are benefitting from the installation of airsource heating, providing them with green, cost effective heating which is expected to save customers up to 30% on their annual energy bill.
Thirteen has worked in partnership with Daikin, who have carried out the intense training with the team of engineers and the investment installation team, to enable the mechanical and electrical team to achieve certification from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) – an internationally recognised quality assurance scheme and requirement of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme that all heating systems are certified by MCS.
Using this technology means there is no need to lay pipes to supply gas to properties. It’s safe and reliable for the customers, with no carbon monoxide, greenhouse emissions or fear of gas leaks. The air source heat pumps work by extracting the heat from the air outside the house and pumping it through the heat exchanger providing up to 30% renewable heat.
Executive director of assets Paul Jenkins said: “There is a huge skills challenge around net zero. A big part of it will be upskilling our workforce so that they can install and maintain sustainable heating systems in the future. It’s important for us that we begin that training now.
“This is a fantastic achievement for the gas mechanical and electrical team, who have worked incredibly hard to achieve this certification for Thirteen and gain a wealth of knowledge and skills.
“We’re continuing to look at how we can provide more efficient ways of keeping our customer’s heating bills as low as possible, as we continue to move towards our goals of becoming carbon neutral.”