This will affect you if you supply heating, cooling or hot water to tenants through a communal heating supply.
Heat networks are shared heating systems, as opposed to individual boilers. On a heat network, heating or cooling is provided by centralised plant (such as a large boiler or heat pump) and distributed to residents through pipework as either water, steam or chilled liquids.
The Heat Network Regulations aim to drive energy efficiency. They apply to anyone supplying and charging for heating, cooling or hot water (known as a ‘heat supplier’) via a heat network.
When your rented property’s heating or cooling is provided by a heat network supplier you must make sure to tell us before we market your property.
This is because we must either include this information in our marketing material, or we must provide the following details to your tenant before an offer is agreed:
- The heat supplier contact details.
- The expected cost of the annual supply.
- Who the tenant must contact with any heat supply issues.
- Details of the consumer scheme your heat network are members of.
Read the full Government Guidelines here.