Viability of heat networks: why consider them, where's best, and what do you need to make one work? With Dave Pearson (Star Refrigeration)

Returning champion, Dave Pearson of Star Refrigeration joins us to talk about the viability of heat networks. There loads we can learn from Dave's experience, so keep a notepad handy.

Rather than talk in the abstract, we discussed the conditions that make them viable, why anyone should consider one, and how we can make them happen.

Notes from the show

• Dave Pearson on LinkedIn
• The Star Refrigeration website
• An example of Dave's blunt and incisive candour on LinkedIn
• The 'Fairopoly' website and animation
• Should I Bake and the Baking Forcast Twitter feed (I won't call it X, it's like when Peter Mandleson rebranded the Post Office as Consignia, remember that?)  
• The new Passive House Plus, featuring the River Clyde Homes project in which Dave and Star are involved

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• Zero Ambitions Partners email address - [e-mail]
• Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page
• Subscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)
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• Join ACAN
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What is Zero Ambitions Podcast?

Zero Ambitions is a consultancy and weekly podcast about sustainability and the built environment.

We find interesting and experienced guests who know what they're talking about, usually to discuss how we navigate the complexity of decarbonisation and sustainability in the built environment and its many related sectors.

The success of the podcast has seen it grow into a consultancy, Zero Ambitions Partners. The consultancy works with blue chip clients, public sector institutions, and niche-market innovators that operate in the built environment, advising about the development and delivery of sustainability strategy and how it should be communicated.

Hosted by Jeff Colley (Passive House Plus), Dan Hyde (Everything is User Experience) and Alex Blondin (Everything is User Experience).