# heating (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover heating. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hey Siri, Flatten the Duck! (2017)](https://www.earth.org.uk/Hey-Siri-Help-Flatten-The-Duck.html) _2026-08-21 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Green the grid, and help off-grid users too, with a simple laptop, tablet and phone tweak or two. #FlattenTheDuck #cutCarbon ## [On Solar DHW, Sunamp, PV Divert](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-solar-DHW-for-16WW-UniQ-and-PV-diversion.html) _2026-08-19 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Solar hot water #solar #PV #DHW ## [On the AQE Air Quality Egg: Review (2013)](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-Air-Quality-Egg-REVIEW.html) _2026-08-19 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Is a low-cost "DIY" Internet-connected air-quality monitor actually any use? ## [Pint, Poster, Paper: Slice-and-Dice Heating Decarb (2026)](https://www.earth.org.uk/pint-poster-paper-slice-and-dice-decarb.html) _2026-08-18 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ From Pint-of-Science public talk to academic paper; derivatives and heat-pump load profiles. #PhD #heating ## [Enphase AC Battery Grid-connected Storage in Our UK Home: Review](https://www.earth.org.uk/Enphase-AC-Battery-REVIEW.html) _2026-08-18 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Does it do what it says on the tin? And what about the important feature not on the datasheet? #storage #dataset #behindTheMeter ## [On Making Christmas Greener](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-greening-Christmas.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Twelve top tips that the Internet gave to me - for a green Xmas... Have fun, save money, do the right thing by the planet - triple win! #greenXmas ## [Octopus Heat-pump Journey](https://www.earth.org.uk/Octopus-heat-pump-journey.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat #defossilisation ## [Manage the Heat Maltese Style](https://www.earth.org.uk/manage-the-heat-Maltese-style.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Avoid your home overheating in summer by using your windows and blinds like the Maltese do on the Med! #BeatTheHeat ## [Low-Power Software to Save Cash and Carbon](https://www.earth.org.uk/low-power-software.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Find out how to get a job run, minimise energy in and CO2 out, and even allow a move off-grid... #frugalComputing #greenSoftware #GSE ## [Grid-Tied Rooftop Solar PV Generation Stats via Sunny Beam](https://www.earth.org.uk/grid-tie-generation-stats-SunnyBeam.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ High-frequency (per-minute) grid-tied generation stats for 16WW roof-mounted 5.16kWp solar PV. #PV #dataset ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YIcRGqgdTkNV) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Expanding and Optimising Off-grid PV for Mid-winter (2016)](https://www.earth.org.uk/expanding-off-grid-PV-system.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Read how I attempted to move 10% of our mid-winter home electricity demand off-grid... #microgen #storage ## [16WW Hot Noon Garden Ambient (2023-09)](https://www.earth.org.uk/16WW-hot-noon-garden-birds-and-bees.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Back garden noises with temperature hitting 32 Celsius; birds, bees, cars, planes, sirens. #fieldRecording #London #heatWave ## [Greener Travel: Why Cut Car-bon Miles?](https://www.earth.org.uk/travel-green.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ A journey of 1000 miles begins with 1 step; not to a car please! #podcast #CarFreeDay #transport ## [A Workshop on Energy Data Best Practice (2019)](https://www.earth.org.uk/Energy-Data-Best-Practice-Discoverable-Searchable-Understandable-meeting.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Making energy data discoverable, searchable and understandable by third parties, and thus usable, is a huge challenge. #data #bestPractice ## [General Bibliography](https://www.earth.org.uk/bibliography.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset ## [16WW Energy Series Dataset](https://www.earth.org.uk/energy-series-dataset.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Time series of electricity and gas and other energy generation and use. #energy #microgen #dataset ## [On Website Technicals](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Read nitty-gritty tech updates and daily learnings that keep the Earth Notes site up and running; site stats also. ## [On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-data-for-16WW-mains-water-inlet-temperature.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature ## [Adventures in Sonification](https://www.earth.org.uk/sonification.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Data into sound for science and fun #sonification #house #EDM ## [PhD Research on UK Wet Heating Retrofit](https://www.earth.org.uk/PhD-research.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ A continuing summary of Damon's research into optimising UK domestic wet heating system retrofit. #PhD #heating #research ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3TUklSMVnqjO) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [Bats at the Hogsmill Bridge, Villiers Road, Kingston](https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-Hogsmill-bridge-dataset.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Observations of bat activity at the bridge over many years #bat #Chiroptera #dataset ## [Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2026)](https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-16WW-7.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ More mainly evening observations from around and about 16WW. ## [On Website Technicals (2026-08)](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-111.html) _2026-08-15 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Tech updates: EOM, PDF for vector graphics, hot, greener... ## [Saving Electricity and Gas](https://www.earth.org.uk/saving-electricity.html) _2026-08-15 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Avoiding 6 tonnes of CO2 per year at home! #electricity #fossilGas #cutCarbon ## [RSS Podcast Feed Inefficiency](https://www.earth.org.uk/RSS-efficiency.html) _2026-08-14 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Climate cost of bad feed handling #RSS #podcast #Podbean #Spotify #Google #Apple ## [15: The 25/26 Heating Season Review - The Lower Flow Temperature Strategy Pays Off](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/15-the-2526-heating-season-review) _2026-05-29 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ The UK has just had the hottest day in May ever and yet less than two weeks ago we’d had to turn the heating back on again as it had got so cold overnight. ## [14: Sub-Zero Success — The Full 2025 Results](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/14-sub-zero-success-the-full-2025) _2026-02-01 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ In my last post, I shared the results of our Net Zero Power Quartet (heat pump, solar panels, battery storage and EV) from October 2024. ## [Notes on Umami Analytics](https://kaspars.net/blog/umami-analytics) _2025-12-29 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ I recently tried out the self-hosted version of the Umami analytics (v2 specifically). It is a breath of fresh air for anyone used to Google Analytics. Features like individual user session drill-downs and other context related explorations are super simple and straight forward. Here are my notes on the implementation details and reasons for why \[ \] Read more ## [Setup Huawei MA5671A SFP GPON for Your Fiber ISP](https://kaspars.net/blog/setup-huawei-ma5671a) _2025-11-26 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ Did you know that you can replace the fiber optic modem/router supplied by your internet service provider (ISP) with a simple SFP stick that runs Linux and does the mapping of light into Ethernet packets directly into your router? Hack GPON is the ultimate resource with tutorials and guides for doing that. In many countries \[ \] Read more ## [Setup Local Development Domain with Public DNS](https://kaspars.net/blog/public-dns-local-development-url) _2025-11-12 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ Did you know that you can point any domain to 127.0.0.1 and it will happily resolve to your local development environment? No more edits to /etc/hosts or complex NS server setups. For example, if the domain of your project is example.com then you could set the A record of local.example.com to 127.0.0.1. But wait \[ \] Read more ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/crEMnUVtPo3s) _2025-11-12 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [Custom Email Address for Kids Google Account](https://kaspars.net/blog/google-account-custom-email) _2025-11-08 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ Turns out you can t specify a custom email address for a new Google Account if the birthday specified during registration is for an underage person. This is due to the parental controls they enforce for kids accounts and how that functionality requires a @gmail.com account email address. During registration you re asked for name and date \[ \] Read more ## [Fix Dell Monitor Flickering and Ghosting on Mac](https://kaspars.net/blog/fix-dell-monitor-flickering-mac) _2025-11-01 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ Learn how to switch to RGB input mode or disable macOS GPU temporal dithering. Read more ## [13: Our Total Energy Bill for 2024/25 is . . . !](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/13-our-total-energy-bill-for-202425) _2025-10-30 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ The Green Package Magic: How our £3,000 Annual Bill became just £22 for 2024/25 ## [12: Reviewing Our First Full Solar Power Season](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/12-reviewing-our-first-full-solar) _2025-10-29 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ Welcome back to The Directionally Good Life - I hope you all had a great summer! ## [11: Why You Think You Shouldn't Get a Heat Pump](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/11-why-you-think-you-shouldnt-get) _2025-10-04 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ Hello again. ## [Notes on Iron Sulphate for Graying Wood](https://kaspars.net/blog/iron-sulphate-wood-silver) _2025-09-14 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ A DIY mineralizing solution of silicates, iron sulphate and borax (enhanced with lime, soap, and alcohol for better fixation and penetration) can harden the wood surface, provide natural protection against fungi and insects, and accelerate the development of a consistent silver-grey patina. Read more ## [Notes on FAIR Package Manager](https://kaspars.net/blog/notes-fair-package-manager) _2025-08-23 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ Had a deeper look at the FAIR package manager today. Version 1.0 of the WordPress integration plugin introduced package signatures verification (in this pull request). That means that WordPress sites can now cryptographically confirm that a downloaded plugin or theme really came from the claimed publisher (as long as you trust the keys reported by \[ \] Read more ## [10: Should I Get a Heat Pump?](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/10-should-i-get-a-heat-pump) _2025-07-10 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ The Earth's entry in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy initially carried the rather bland description, "Harmless". ## [9: Environmental Benefits – Beyond the Bottom Line](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/9-environmental-benefits-beyond-the) _2025-07-06 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ My last blog delved into the financial costs and benefits of our heat pump, battery and solar panel system. ## [The Potential of WordPress Comments](https://kaspars.net/blog/wordpress-comments-potential) _2025-06-20 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ WordPress comments are missing critical functionality to really embrace engagement and community there are no notifications when your comment is approved or gets a reply, which prevents any kind of continued discussion. In this video I m demonstrating an update to the Comment Approval Notifications plugin (which hasn t been touched in 10 years) to extend \[ \] Read more [Listen](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/comment-pilot-min.mp4) ## [Replacing my Rachio with a Custom Sprinkler Controller, Part II: Software](https://mwunderling.com/blog/esp_sprinkler_controller_p2.html) _2025-06-16 · Thought Blocks_ My Rachio sprinkler controller unexpectedly died so I decided to build my own using ESPHome and Home Assistant. ## [Replacing my Rachio with a Custom Sprinkler Controller, Part I: Hardware](https://mwunderling.com/blog/esp_sprinkler_controller.html) _2025-06-15 · Thought Blocks_ My Rachio sprinkler controller unexpectedly died so I decided to build my own using an off-the-shelf microcontoller, ESPHome, and Home Assistant. ## [8: Costs and Performance: A Deep Dive into Our Sustainable Energy System](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/8-costs-and-performance-a-deep-dive) _2025-06-08 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ We’ve completed our first full heating season with the heat pump. ## [Dynamic weather in Home Assistant](https://mwunderling.com/blog/dynamic_weather.html) _2025-06-06 · Thought Blocks_ I wasn’t using my weather dashboard in Home Assistant, here’s what I did to make it fun again. ## [7: Living With Sustainable Energy - Reflections On Our First Heating Season](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/7-living-with-sustainable-energy) _2025-05-25 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ Well, here we are and summer has virtually arrived. ## [6: Kingston's Efficient Homes Show](https://thedglblog.substack.com/p/6-kingstons-efficient-homes-show) _2025-05-07 · Dan Curran · The Directionally Good Life_ This weekend I will be presenting at the Kingston's Efficient Homes Show. ## [Remote Logging for Mikrotik RouterOS](https://kaspars.net/blog/remote-logging-mikrotik-routeros) _2025-03-22 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ How to configure remote syslog in Mikrotik RouterOS for logging to Grafana Promtail and Alloy? Read more ## [Customizing the Seriously Simple Podcasting Plugin](https://kaspars.net/blog/seriously-simple-podcasting-setup) _2024-12-01 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ When setting up the podcast for my wife s business, I applied the following customizations to the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin for WordPress: Disable Podcast Feed Stylesheet By default the plugin applies an XSL stylesheet to the podcast RSS feeds which make them look like the podcast landing page which might confuse some users. The following \[ \] Read more ## [How to Allow Unfiltered HTML to Editors on WordPress Multisite](https://kaspars.net/blog/allow-unfiltered-html-multisite) _2024-11-29 · Kaspars · (untitled)_ WordPress multisite prevents everybody but super-admins from adding HTML blocks with script and iframe tags also known as unfiltered\_html capability which adds the following restrictions (enabled here). This is done for security reasons on sites where anyone could register and post content that could do nasty things with shared cookies (on subdomain and sub-directory \[ \] Read more ## [Changing energy conservation habits in the home via grade school education.](https://joneakes.com/jons-fixit-database/2344-changing-energy-conservation-habits-in-the-home-via-grade-school-education-) _2024-11-12 · Jon Eakes_ In 1990 I produced a video for NRCan (National Resources Canada) specifically targeted to grade school children to improve the energy efficiency of the family home. If things look a bit weird in the video it is because the camera was always at the height of the eyes of a grade school kid – you see under the tables, not over them. The brilliant hero of the video is a black & white cat, who…