BetaTalk – The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast
Expert Heat Pump Customers
Over Christmas 2024 I was asked to be a guest on the long established BetaTalk podcast with Nathan Gambling.
I’ve met and spoke to Nathan a number of times previously and this episode has been something we’ve been wanting to do for a long time.
In the episode we talk around a whole host of topics
- Solar Installation
- Home Batteries
- My Heat Pump Installation by Damon Blakemore
- Open Energy Monitor
- Mixergy Cylinder
- Energy Stats website
- Time of Use tariffs
- Electric Vehicles
- Octopus Energy
- The Octopus EV road trip to Berlin
- Low temperature heating
- Getting ‘heat pump ready’ whilst still on gas
- The skills combi swap guys have
- How data could be used to help size heat loss
- Vehicle to Grid
And much more.
You can grab the episode wherever you get your podcasts, search for “BetaTalk”.
You can also listen on the web via this link:
And if you also listen via YouTube. Thankfully it’s audio only as I have a face for radio!!
A Discussion with Havenwise
In May 2025 I was asked onto the podcast again, this time to chat with the folks from Havenwise about smart heat pump controls.
Having trialled the Havenwise remote controls on my 5kW Vaillant heat pump I was in a good position to talk about the value it can add.
- Better in house temperature
- Time of Use tariff integration
- Hot Water controls
Really enjoyed this chat and I hope you find it useful.
https://betatalk.buzzsprout.com/509671/episodes/17218765-smart-heat-smart-savings-an-expert-consumer-meets-havenwise
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