Insights from Passiv

Get the latest insights on smart heating control, low-carbon technology and all the exciting things happening at Passiv.

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Will Oxbrow - Passiv Team Member

An interview with Will Oxbrow, Graduate Project Manager at Passiv

What is the BUUK graduate scheme?

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Passiv Electricity Consumption Graph

Demand Flexibility Service – using Passiv smart controls to support the National Grid

Since November, homes across the country have been taking part in the National Grid’s Demand Flexibility Service (DFS).

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Equinox trials

Equinox trials begin: lowering energy bills and supporting the grid with heat pump flexibility

The first heat pump flexibility trials as part of the Equinox project have begun.

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Samsung Heat Pump

Passiv UK and Samsung to unlock heat pump flexibility as part of Interoperable Demand Side Response programme

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has selected a collaborative project between Passiv UK and Samsung for funding as part of the Interoperable Demand Side Response programme.

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3 houses with solar panels

FLATLINE – smart optimisation of low-carbon technologies

FLATLINE explored how smart, coordinated optimisation of low-carbon technologies could reduce energy bills and provide flexibility to the National Grid.

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Modern kitchen

HyCompact – decarbonising with compact hybrid heat pumps

HyCompact explored the potential role for compact hybrid heat pumps in decarbonising domestic heating.

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Installing hydrogen heating system

MH:EK – smart hydrogen hybrid heating

MH:EK explored the role hydrogen could play in a decarbonised energy future.

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Heat pump from the side

No regrets – low-cost hybrid heat pumps

The No Regrets project tested a novel offer for deploying hybrid heat pumps in the UK.

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4D Heat - Wind curtailment

4D Heat – using smart electric heating to reduce wind curtailment

The 4D Heat project was a desk-based study exploring whether electric heating in Scotland could be used to reduce the curtailment of renewable wind generation.

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