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Clade Publishes 2021 Sustainability Report
Over the next 5 years, the UK will see a dramatic increase in the drive to Net Zero in the built environment.…
Read ArticleClade Performance Guarantee
We're so confident in the performance of our natural refrigerant heat pumps that we now offer a performance guarantee. Following installation, commissioning…
Read ArticleGrid Flexibility – What Is It And Why Is It Important?
Grid flexibility is becoming an increasingly prominent aspect of the energy debate as we move towards electrification of heat and travel. Grid…
Read ArticleWhat Is Temperature Differential In Heat Pumps
A lot of the discussion around heat pumps is focused on temperature these days. We’ve discussed it briefly in our blog comparing…
Read ArticleMoving From A Cost To Efficiency Model
The energy market is going through a period of dramatic transition. As we wrote in a blog last year, future energy markets…
Read ArticleHigh Temperature Heat Pumps
One of the favourite critiques of heat pumps, especially in the UK press, is around the temperature they generate. It is claimed,…
Read ArticleCOP26 – What Was Agreed And Was it Enough?
For the future of the planet and all its flora and fauna, COP26 was the most important event in a long time.…
Read ArticleDo Heat Pumps Generate Noise?
‘How noisy are heat pumps’ is a question regularly put to our team when discussing an installation with clients. It’s a valid…
Read ArticleThe UK Heat And Buildings Strategy – Clade’s View
The UK’s long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy has been released. We already wrote about the Scottish Heat In Buildings Strategy here and,…
Read ArticleScotland’s Heat In Buildings Strategy: Clade’s View
In early October the Heat in Buildings Strategy for Scotland was released. We will soon be publishing a blog outlining our thoughts…
Read ArticleBritain’s Energy Price Crisis: Clade’s View
Published Sept 2021. Turn on the news and you’ll have seen a decidedly dramatic series of headlines over the past few weeks.…
Read ArticleAir Source Versus Ground Source Commercial Heat Pumps
A common question we get asked by prospective customers is whether they should be installing an air source or ground source heat…
Read ArticleWhat Is The Coefficient Of Performance OF A Heat Pump?
One of the big questions of the day, as the UK plans its strategy for decarbonising heat, is how to compare the…
Read ArticleHow Heat Pumps Can Help Decarbonise Social Housing With The SHDF
The UK Government has announced that it is releasing funding to help decarbonise social housing across the country, starting with £160m. This…
Read ArticleHow Heat Pumps Compare To Combined Heat & Power | Clade Blog
One of the most important aspects of a successful transition to a zero-carbon economy will be the technology we use to heat…
Read ArticleWhy We Have To Act Now On Decarbonisation | Clade Blog
In Mark Carney’s recent book Values there’s a startling section on the need for us to act now on carbon emissions. He…
Read ArticleHow Heat Pumps Compare To Gas Boilers | Clade Blog
Gas boilers are everywhere. 85% of homes in the UK are heated by carbon-heavy natural gas. In the non-residential sector, two thirds…
Read ArticleHow Heat Pumps Will Affect The Future Power Market | Clade Blog
It’s pretty much a given that every generation thinks they live in a period of great change. Our generation has the unlucky…
Read ArticleHow Heat Pumps Compare To Hydrogen Heating | Clade Blog
If we want to decarbonise our economy (which we do), then we have to decarbonise the way we heat our built environment.…
Read ArticleHow Heat Pumps Are Transforming Green Heating & Cooling Across Europe | Clade Blog
It might seem strange to claim that one of the key weapons in mankind’s fight against climate change was first invented in…
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