The ‘geeks’ obsessing over their new heating systems
Mick Wall closely monitors his home’s energy needs
He’s got heat meters fixed to the pipework. Room temperature monitors. And gadgets tracking how much electricity his solar panels are generating.
The jewel in the crown of this system, though, is a recently installed heat pump.
“It’s like a geek’s paradise, really,” says Mick Wall of his 1930s semi-detached house in Sheffield.
Mr Wall, who works in IT, has made a hobby out of monitoring his household energy consumption and honing his heat pump’s performance in a dogged pursuit of maximum efficiency.
The UK government has set a target of 600,000…