BUUK Infrastructure - Chiltern Woods Community Heat Hub

GTC, part of BUUK, is providing multi-utilities at the Westland Heath development, including a zero-carbon heat network that will supply 950 homes and a new local school.

The award-winning Community Heat Hub is GTC’s solution to allow developments to reduce their carbon emissions by 75-80% as the country transitions away from gas. The Community Heat Hub is an efficient and sustainable heat network solution that can be utilised across low-density, new-build housing, and mixed-use developments. It uses large air-source heat pumps to generate low-carbon heat, which is then transported through a network of insulated plastic pipes to deliver heat and hot water to the homes on the development. Flexible operation through the use of thermal stores reduces the cost of generating heat, keeping heat bills low for homeowners.

GTC’s sister company, Metropolitan, will operate and provide customer services to homes on the heat network, and homeowners are provided with a hassle-free, all-inclusive service that also covers the maintenance and replacement of their Heat Interface Unit (HIU).

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