SHAPA Smart Heating and Poverty Alleviation

该奖项授予Connected Response公司，该公司专门从事电储能供暖和热水系统的智能充电改造，在英国150万户家庭中发现，其中许多家庭不成比例地缺乏燃料。在过去的五年里，他们的技术不断发展，为社会住房塔楼提供服务，并在居民需要温暖时为他们保暖。这是通过改变只在夜间充电的做法，更好地利用可再生能源发电在一天中多次给加热器充电来实现的。这项现有的服务是与主要的社会住房房东和能源供应商合作提供的。目前的技术是为高密度和中密度住房应用而开发的，资金将使物联网无线电和移动电话（LoRa和GSM）技术的快速应用能够覆盖所有家庭类型，而不受地理位置和邻近其他家庭的影响。这对偏远农村地区或分散在郊区的家庭尤为重要，这将使他们在2019冠状病毒病后享受到更好的舒适度、更少的账单和更好的健康状况。人们普遍认为，温暖和幸福之间存在直接联系——更好的热量意味着更好的健康——这在家庭经历环境混乱时尤为重要。家用取暖器将根据居民的舒适度需求、当地天气预报和室温来收费，而不是根据历史上的电网需求来收费。每个家庭也将能够在更广泛的气候变化议程中发挥自己的作用，因为他们的加热器收费与当地可再生能源的可用性动态一致。拥有电供暖的家庭更有可能陷入燃料贫困，因为他们在冬夜依赖昂贵的on Peak电力，而他们储存的热量已经消散。预计家庭将能够享受相当大的账单减少，特别是在寒冷地区。这一创新将为智能电表的推出增加进一步的价值，并证明智能充电改造储能供暖解决方案可以在家庭供暖电气化中发挥重要作用。延长三个月的影响力，使他们能够与主要的燃料贫困和能源效率组织接触并寻求支持。这将包括一小部分试点物业，这些物业将安装该措施作为练习，以完善在全面实施期间如何管理消费者参与度。

The award is to Connected Response who specialise in the retrofit smart-charging of electric storage heating and hot water systems, as found in 1.5m homes in GB, many of whom are disproportionately fuel poor.Their technology has evolved over the last five years to serve social housing tower blocks and keep residents warm when they want to be warm. This is done by moving away from night-charging only and by making better use of renewable generation to charge heaters at multiple times through the day. This existing service is delivered collaboratively with major social housing landlords and energy suppliers.The current technology has been developed for high and medium density housing applications, Funding will enable fast-track application of IoT radio and mobile phone (LoRa and GSM) technology to reach all household types regardless of geography and proximity to other homes. This is especially important for households in remote rural areas or dispersed suburban properties and will enable them post Covid-19 to enjoy improved comfort, reduced bills and better health. It is widely acknowledged that there is a direct correlation between warmth and wellbeing- better heat means better health -- especially important when households are experiencing a disruption in circumstances.Household heaters will be charged according to individual resident comfort needs, local weather forecast and room temperature, rather than to suit historic electricity network needs. Each household will also be able to play its part in the wider climate change agenda by their heater charging being dynamically aligned with the availability of local renewable energy.Households with electric heating are much more likely to be in fuel poverty due to their reliance on expensive On Peak electricity on winter nights when their stored heat has dissipated. It is anticipated that households will be able to enjoy considerable bill reductions, especially in colder areas. This innovation will add further value to the Smart Meter roll-out and demonstrate that a smart-charging retrofit storage heating solution can play a major part in the electrification of home heating.An Extension for Impact for three months was granted to enable them to engage with and seek support from major fuel poverty and energy efficiency organisations. This will include a small quantity of pilot properties that will have the measure installed as an exercise to refine how consumer engagement will be managed during full implementation.