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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We officially launched the Zero Bills Global Housing Standard last night at the Zero Bills Awards in London, a great evening with so many pioneering partners! octopus.energy/press/octopu...

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Octopus launches global Zero Bills Standard for energy-bill-free living

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

What standards could you build housing projects to in the UK? Three options set out here by Savills: 1) Future Homes Standard 2) 🐙 Zero Bills 🐙 3) Passivhaus Standard Full report here: pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/uk/residenti...

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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels. This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead. The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom. www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...

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End the fossil fuel age for a secure and prosperous future. - Climate Change Committee

Today the country’s climate advisors, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), present a new pathway to a decarbonised UK.…

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Please do add comments with any other #TopTips to avoid any common pitfalls you've seen with heat pumps in new homes... www.linkedin.com/pulse/toptip...

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#TopTips: Getting the best from #HeatPumps in new homes

Vaillant Controls with Weather Compensation curve set to 0.6 (40C flow at -3C) 1.

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This week 18 years ago (Dec 2006), the housing industry welcomed proposals that all new homes will be Zero Carbon. Yet we are still 2.5 years away from this taking effect... but we can and must go faster (while improving returns). #FutureHomesStandard #ZeroBills www.linkedin.com/posts/nigel-...

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Nigel Banks on LinkedIn: 23 years later... we might finally get something approaching Zero Carbon… | 30 comments

Zero Carbon Homes - promised by a Labour Government in December 2006, delayed again by another 6 months - the journey wont be finished until the 'end of the… | 30 comments on LinkedIn

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 10/12/2024

Here is how daily global surface temperatures have changed since the 1940s. Note that global temperatures show a modest seasonal cycle due to a higher proportion of land are in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 03/12/2024

Here you go:

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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 04/12/2024

Hello Bluesky 👋👋👋👋🐙👋👋👋👋 A lot of customers have asked us to swim our way over here, so we're dipping our tentacles in. Give us a follow, we'll be floating around to chat all things green & geeky, make energy fairer, and own up to van printing disasters:

Our new van with the door slid open, putting the "O" from Octopus in front of the "rgy" of Energy. Oops.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Key fact: clean energy technologies are vastly more efficient than fossil fuels technologies. Great visual RMI.

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Zero Carbon Homes - promised back in 2006, delayed by another 6 months - wont be fully delivered until the 'end of the decade'... ... but there are actions organisation can take now which are financially advantageous and deliver Zero Carbon Homes. www.linkedin.com/pulse/23-yea...

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23 years later... we might finally get something approaching Zero Carbon Homes

Source: FT (link below) ‘By the end of the decade’, we should finally get something approaching the ‘zero carbon homes’ policy that was promised way back in December 2006! We have already built 2.5 mi...

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Pretty cool chart from my team at BloombergNEF. In 2012, the standard solar module was multicrystalline silicon, 15.4% efficient and costing $1.09/W in 2023 $. In 2023, standard is mono PERC, efficiency 21.3%, price $0.13/W.

A BloombergNEF chart of solar module prices vs typical commercial solar module efficiency, by year, 2012-2023. The efficiency increases from 15.4% in 2012 to about 21.3% in 2023. The price falls from $1.09 dollars per W (adjusted for inflation, ie 2023 dollars) in 2012 to $0.13 in 2023.

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Fantastic to have a large, 100% #ZeroBills site up and running, with homes available Open Market Sale, Shared Ownership and Affordable Rent! Kudos to Hill Group and Clarion Group leading the way... 2024 is going to be exciting! octopus.energy/press/Octopu...

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Future Homes Standard Consultation is out... from quick skim (and for those close to it last year) it looks to be similar to contender spec 2, with a choice of with or without solar PV... www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Looking forward to discussing 'Fabric Fifth' (www.linkedin.com/pulse/fabric...) with Simon Roberts on Wednesday lunchtime. Join us if you can, sign up details (it's free) are here: www.mesh-energy.com/meshwork

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Also "Skate to where the puck is going" 2030 in UK: - Grid Carbon ⬇️ - Often going to 0️⃣ - Electricity costs ↕ - Variable & often going to 0️⃣ - HP, EVs & 🔋s - 🐙 Smart control built in (use the free, clean ⚡️) - HP, EV, PV & 🔋 costs ⬇️ - On trend - Insulation costs & upfront carbon? ⏸️ - Remain high?

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Looking forward to a day on the #FutureHomesStandard tomorrow at the #FutureHomesHub Conference at the #TheIET. Who knows... maybe the consultation will finally be launched! Will be great to talk #ZeroBills with people too...

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?" Since 2015 in UK ~ Energy costs ⬆️ 2x (but smart ⬇️ upto 2x) Grid Carbon Intensity ⬇️ 2x Heat Pumps sCOPs ⬆️ 1.5x Insulation costs ⬆️ 2x Insulation upfront carbon ⏸️ (largely) PV & Battery costs ⬇️ 3x PV upfront carbon ⬇️ 2x

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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Look out for zero bill homes! This is huge, hard not to admire the ambition of Octopus and their partners Nigel: is there any info available on what the basic performance of these houses is going to be? Ex renewables

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Hundreds of zero bills homes coming soon from Bellway Homes. Partnership boosts Octopus Energy’s goal of building 50,000 energy bill-free homes by 2025! octopus.energy/press/Octopu...

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Nigel Banks @nigelbanksoeg.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Fabric Fifth… 🧵 We need to rapidly reduce emissions, lower energy bills as well as deliver comfortable and healthy homes, so where should we be prioritising spending our money in the UK? Full article on LinkediIn here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/fabric... (sorry not worked out how to do threads here!)

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