{"id":49,"date":"2014-07-10T10:21:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T09:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/?p=49"},"modified":"2014-07-10T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T09:25:12","slug":"ibuild-researchers-at-leeds-university-launch-a-new-tool-for-planning-and-identifying-how-to-capture-value-in-district-heating-ibuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/2014\/07\/10\/ibuild-researchers-at-leeds-university-launch-a-new-tool-for-planning-and-identifying-how-to-capture-value-in-district-heating-ibuild\/","title":{"rendered":"iBUILD partners at Leeds University launch a new tool for planning and identifying how to capture value in district heating #ibuild @EnergyFrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><b style=\"font-style: normal;color: #333333;line-height: 24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Leeds Heat Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/sure-infrastructure.leeds.ac.uk\/leedsheatplanningtool\/Templates\/images\/LeedsHeatLogo_Orange2.png\" width=\"237\" height=\"78\" \/><\/b><b style=\"color: #000000;font-style: normal\">iBUILD researchers at Leeds University\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sure-infrastructure.leeds.ac.uk\/leedsheatplanningtool\/\">launch the Leeds Heat Planning Tool<\/a>, a\u00a0district heating planning tool for England and Wales, that can\u00a0<\/b><b style=\"color: #000000;font-style: normal\">help local energy planners reduce fuel poverty. \u00a0The tool can help p<\/b><b style=\"font-style: normal;line-height: normal;color: #000000\">romote district heating and could\u00a0<\/b><b style=\"color: #000000;font-style: normal\">help councils cut household fuel bills.<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>District heating can reduce household fuel bills by as much as 40% under the right business models. It makes use of highly efficient generation technologies such as combined heat and power plants or heat that would otherwise go to waste.<br \/>\nDistrict heating has been highlighted as an important energy technology for the UK\u2019s future low-carbon energy system.<\/p>\n<p>The Leeds Heat Planning Tool, developed by researchers Ruth Bush and Dr Catherine Bale, offers energy planners a quick and simple way to include social considerations, such as fuel poverty, right from the early stages of planning a district heating development.<br \/>\n\u201cMany local authorities are keen to use the opportunity that district heating presents to reduce carbon emissions and fuel poverty at the same time,\u201d said Ruth Bush. \u201cThis tool offers an evidence base for planners to build a strong business case to ensure this can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Use the free online tool and see the accompanying report and video at:<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-style: normal\" href=\"http:\/\/sure-infrastructure.leeds.ac.uk\/leedsheatplanningtool\/\">http:\/\/sure-infrastructure.leeds.ac.uk\/leedsheatplanningtool\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iBUILD researchers at Leeds University\u00a0launch the Leeds Heat Planning Tool, a\u00a0district heating planning tool for England and Wales, that can\u00a0help local energy planners reduce fuel poverty. \u00a0The tool can help promote district heating and could\u00a0help councils cut household fuel bills. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/2014\/07\/10\/ibuild-researchers-at-leeds-university-launch-a-new-tool-for-planning-and-identifying-how-to-capture-value-in-district-heating-ibuild\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4909,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ibuild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}