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What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
Your local council can introduce extra controls on emissions if there are…
The darker the smoke, the more polluting it tends to be. Smoke darker than…
You need a permit for most generators, furnaces and boilers. Get a permit…
Guidance for businesses.
Guidance for heat suppliers.
Grant scheme to develop technologies and approaches to improving the energy efficiency of existing UK buildings.
Social research to examine the use of thermal storage technologies in UK district heat networks, comparing it with international practices and identifying barriers to greater uptake.
How the UK supports the use of combined heat and power (CHP) or 'cogeneration', which avoids network losses and reduces emissions.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report highlights how climate change intensifies and increases the frequency of extreme weather. This page provides key takeaways from the HECC report, specifically on the hazard: heat.
Check if you're affected by the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM). See what actions you must take each scheme year.
Evidence report on thermal energy storage including domestic, non-domestic, inter-seasonal and large scale systems. This report was commissioned under DECC.
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