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‘Tis The Season of Giving
Each Christmas, the Chirpy Heat team nominates charities that are close to their hearts as part of our Workplace Giving Programme, which sees a percentage of our profits allocated to charitable...
To B Corp or not to B Corp? How our journey raised some tough questions on our journey to certification
Will Routh, Chirpy Heat We set up Chirpy Heat because we wanted to find answers to all the questions we had when we worked in housing and were trying to deliver affordable, reliable and low carbon...
Get your tariffs right with Chirpy Heat
Lisa Dubinina, Chirpy Heat As the demand for low carbon, reliable heating solutions rises in the form of heat networks; understanding the importance of setting the correct heat tariff is critical...
Heat Network Management in housing providers: past, present and future
Will Routh, Chirpy Heat As Chirpy Heat turns five, Director and Co-Founder Will Routh reflects on the journey of heat network management for housing providers, from managing communal boilers as part...
Regulation – What do the insights show?
Natalia Riga & Charlotte Button, Chirpy Heat In 2025 all communal heating will be regulated by Ofgem. This will mean that housing providers will be treated in the same way as energy...
The good, the bad and the ambiguous: does the latest Government response on full heat network regulation address the issues for housing providers? Maybe.
Full heat network regulation is coming in Spring 2025. The social housing sector is by far the largest operator of heat networks in the country: how this regulation is developed and rolled out will...
How procurement frameworks are helping housing to win the game of heat network whack-a-mole
Lucy Christie, Chirpy Heat Heat network management is hard – it is a combination of delivering long term improvement and compliance at the same time as managing multiple short term operational...
A housing friend or foe? What does the development of heat zones and the mandatory connection of homes across the country mean for asset management and development for the sector?
Rachael Mills & Nicholas Doyle, Chirpy Heat There is an active – and heated – debate going on in the sector around heat zones that will include the mandatory connection to heat networks, and...
Housing sector secures even more funding for homes – Time to reflect on its impacts and how even more housing providers can benefit
Maria Adcock, Chirpy Heat As another hugely successful round of HNES funding is announced for the housing sector, securing much needed funding for homes, Maria Adcock, Senior Consultant at Chirpy...
The regulation clock is ticking – how ready is the sector?
Charlotte Button, Chirpy Heat There are less than 450 days to go until the majority of housing providers become fully regulated energy suppliers. How ready are you? As we saw in the recent consumer...