We officially launched the Zero Bills Global Housing Standard last night at the Zero Bills Awards in London, a great evening with so many pioneering partners! octopus.energy/press/octopu...

What standards could you build housing projects to in the UK? Three options set out here by Savills: 1) Future Homes Standard 2) 🐙 Zero Bills 🐙 3) Passivhaus Standard Full report here: pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/uk/residenti...

I thought #FabricFifth was a bit punchy, but to those still holding on to #FabricFirst, have a read of this from Michael Barnard: cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/t...

The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels. This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead. The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom. www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...

Please do add comments with any other #TopTips to avoid any common pitfalls you've seen with heat pumps in new homes... www.linkedin.com/pulse/toptip...

This week 18 years ago (Dec 2006), the housing industry welcomed proposals that all new homes will be Zero Carbon. Yet we are still 2.5 years away from this taking effect... but we can and must go faster (while improving returns). #FutureHomesStandard #ZeroBills www.linkedin.com/posts/nigel-...

Here is how daily global surface temperatures have changed since the 1940s. Note that global temperatures show a modest seasonal cycle due to a higher proportion of land are in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Hello Bluesky 👋👋👋👋🐙👋👋👋👋 A lot of customers have asked us to swim our way over here, so we're dipping our tentacles in. Give us a follow, we'll be floating around to chat all things green & geeky, make energy fairer, and own up to van printing disasters:

Great to be announcing our partnership with Vistry Group - we're already working on dozens of #ZeroBills sites across the UK. You can also hear direct from our CEO Greg Jackson at the #FutureHomesConference tomorrow... www.linkedin.com/posts/octopu...

Key fact: clean energy technologies are vastly more efficient than fossil fuels technologies. Great visual RMI.

Zero Carbon Homes - promised back in 2006, delayed by another 6 months - wont be fully delivered until the 'end of the decade'... ... but there are actions organisation can take now which are financially advantageous and deliver Zero Carbon Homes. www.linkedin.com/pulse/23-yea...

Pretty cool chart from my team at BloombergNEF. In 2012, the standard solar module was multicrystalline silicon, 15.4% efficient and costing $1.09/W in 2023 $. In 2023, standard is mono PERC, efficiency 21.3%, price $0.13/W.

Fantastic to have a large, 100% #ZeroBills site up and running, with homes available Open Market Sale, Shared Ownership and Affordable Rent! Kudos to Hill Group and Clarion Group leading the way... 2024 is going to be exciting! octopus.energy/press/Octopu...

Future Homes Standard Consultation is out... from quick skim (and for those close to it last year) it looks to be similar to contender spec 2, with a choice of with or without solar PV... www.gov.uk/government/c...

Looking forward to discussing 'Fabric Fifth' (www.linkedin.com/pulse/fabric...) with Simon Roberts on Wednesday lunchtime. Join us if you can, sign up details (it's free) are here: www.mesh-energy.com/meshwork

Also "Skate to where the puck is going" 2030 in UK: - Grid Carbon ⬇️ - Often going to 0️⃣ - Electricity costs ↕ - Variable & often going to 0️⃣ - HP, EVs & 🔋s - 🐙 Smart control built in (use the free, clean ⚡️) - HP, EV, PV & 🔋 costs ⬇️ - On trend - Insulation costs & upfront carbon? ⏸️ - Remain high?

Looking forward to a day on the #FutureHomesStandard tomorrow at the #FutureHomesHub Conference at the #TheIET. Who knows... maybe the consultation will finally be launched! Will be great to talk #ZeroBills with people too...

"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?" Since 2015 in UK ~ Energy costs ⬆️ 2x (but smart ⬇️ upto 2x) Grid Carbon Intensity ⬇️ 2x Heat Pumps sCOPs ⬆️ 1.5x Insulation costs ⬆️ 2x Insulation upfront carbon ⏸️ (largely) PV & Battery costs ⬇️ 3x PV upfront carbon ⬇️ 2x

Look out for zero bill homes! This is huge, hard not to admire the ambition of Octopus and their partners Nigel: is there any info available on what the basic performance of these houses is going to be? Ex renewables

Hundreds of zero bills homes coming soon from Bellway Homes. Partnership boosts Octopus Energy’s goal of building 50,000 energy bill-free homes by 2025! octopus.energy/press/Octopu...

Fabric Fifth… 🧵 We need to rapidly reduce emissions, lower energy bills as well as deliver comfortable and healthy homes, so where should we be prioritising spending our money in the UK? Full article on LinkediIn here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/fabric... (sorry not worked out how to do threads here!)