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Andrew Sissons
@acjsissons.bsky.social
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Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring. Personal account.
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Yeah, you can get multi split units (one outdoor unit for several indoors) or mini splits (one outdoor for one indoor).
Apparently multi-splits work out slightly more expensive, don’t think there’s much in it
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I don't have much personal experience, but it is something that splits opinion I believe. Think hotel rooms might be a decent guide - they mostly have an A2A unit.
It can be very useful if you've got problems with damp / condensation anywhere of course!
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You generally need one unit per (larger) room, so the cost scales roughly with the number of rooms (I think £1,500 to £2,000 per room is a rough guide). So can be pretty cheap in a flat or smaller home, a bit less so in a larger one
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Yeah it’s a good option isn’t it. The planning changes should help too
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It should be ok as long as you’ve got a bit of outside space… but hard to be sure without an installer to having a look. The old 1m planning rule is no more if you’re in England.
Can try our website for advice if useful! www.getaheatpump.org.uk
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Oh cool I’m in the Guardian talking about how getting air con can be good for the climate, if you use it for heating in winter as well
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cool Britannia: the heat pumps keeping pace with the UK’s wild weather
Air-to-air systems can warm homes in winter and cool them in summer – and they’re now set to join the low-carbon grant scheme
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should we see air to air heat pumps as the guilt-free way to get air con in summer while reducing carbon emissions overall? @nestauk.bsky.social’s @acjsissons.bsky.social gets into it in today’s Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It’s not exactly a YIMBY story but… the building at the bottom left is a listed, derelict monstrosity (from the 1730s apparently). They later found the amphitheatre, excavated half and then… had to leave the other half underground
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Are you familiar with Chester’s half-ampitheatre?
