Earth Notes: General Bibliography (bell2023mess)

• [bell2023mess] Adam Bell A hot mess - the difficulties of decarbonising home heating (accessed 2023-03-28), 2023-03 (www) (BibTeX).
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  [Quote: "... The manufacturers despaired of persuading the British public to give up their need to control their heating devices, until they came up with an ingenious solution. The Heat Boost button. This was a big red button installed on the inside of the property that, when pressed, switched a red light on and made a fan start whirring for at least 20 minutes. It didn't actually do anything to the heating system, but it created the impression that the consumer was in control." Quote: "The Netherlands, which is the only country in Europe to have a more extensive gas network than us, has recently mandated that all new heating appliances installed from 2026 must be at least hybrids; that is, a small heat pump plus a boiler. The heat pump handles 60-70 per cent of the heat needed, while the boiler handles the coldest days for which you would otherwise need a very large heat pump with a commensurately large electricity connection. These devices are currently excluded from the [UK] government's Boiler Upgrade Scheme."]