Overview

Direct emissions from residential households in 2018 were 68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (mtCO2e). The total across all UK sectors was 451 mtCO2e, hence our households are 15% of the UK’s carbon footprint. Households are also indirect emitters as a result of using electricity derived from fossil fuel combustion. Clearly, reducing household energy consumption will have a significant impact on the UK’s carbon emissions. Furthermore, it will reduce household fuel bills. This talk sets out a heat and mass balance for a standard house heated and powered by gas and electricity. Energy savings opportunities for the standard house are identified. Insulation, solar, heat pumps, air infiltration, energy efficient appliances, heat gains and seasonal variations are quantified. This leads to an arrangement for a net zero dwelling.

Presenter

Tom Baxter, Chemical Engineering Consultant, PDB

Tom graduated from Strathclyde University in 1975 with a BSc in Chemical Engineering (first class honors). He is a Fellow of the IChemE. He started his career with ICI Petrochemicals, moved to fine chemicals with the Swiss company Ciba-Geigy before taking a position as a process engineer in 1980 with BNOC (British National Oil Corporation). Through privatisation and acquisitions BNOC became Britoil then BP. Here he worked as an operations engineer, development engineer and research manager.

In 1991, he left BP and joined Altra Consultants as Technical Manager. He accepted a position as Technical Director with Genesis in 1998 and became the Aberdeen Business Unit Director in 2005. He returned to his role as Technical Director in 2010 together with a position as Senior Fellow in the Chemical Engineering Department at Aberdeen University, which he helped establish. He has been visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde University since 2003.

He is a regular contributor to The Chemical Engineer and is currently a consultant providing greenhouse gas reduction expertise.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Aberdeen Members Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.   

Time

12:00–13:00 GMT.

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