Heat meter verification is the process or procedure by which the correct operation of the heat meter installation is confirmed within a Combined Heat & Power Unit or CHP as it is commonly known.
York Hospital have recently been listed as finalists of a building industry award for the Retrofit Project of the Year after completion of their refurbished energy centre last year. The £4.6 million project is set to drastically reduce the York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust’s carbon footprint while saving them around £60,000 a month.
Andrew Gardner is Managing Director of 2EA® Limited – an energy and climate change consultancy. With over 15 years experience in climate change taxation and over 20 years experience in the CHP industry, Andrew is highly regarded as an expert in these fields. As a fully qualified CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant (LCC), Low Carbon Energy Assessor (LCEA) and ESOS Lead Assessor, Andrew has been awarded LCEA of the year 2010 and LCC of the year in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
As we come to the end of the CHPQA submission process, many CHP operators will have received their CHPQA certificates validating their performance for the calendar year 2014.
Combined Heat and Power, also known as cogeneration or CHP, is an extremely efficient process that harnesses the heat that is produced when energy is generated. By generating heat and power together, carbon emissions can be reduced by up to 30% by replacing heat that would otherwise be normally supplied by boilers.