We’re delighted to share the news that Rachael Mills has made the Honour’s list!

Lauren Otway, Project Development Manager, SSE Energy Solutions sets out the importance of diversity and inclusion in the future of our heat networks sector:

Lauren Otway, Project Development Manager, SSE Energy Solutions sets out the importance of diversity and inclusion in the future of our heat networks sector:

Making equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) part of your day-to-day operations in your organisation has many benefits.

Let women flood in!

There’s a photograph doing the rounds on LinkedIn. It’s a meeting room set for lunch. White linen, flowers on the table, lots of natural daylight. Lots of men. Lots of blue suits. Lots of grey hair…

Insights from Exeter and East Devon.

This morning’s national Divas get-together featured the amazing district heating work done by Naomi Harnett, Frances Wadsley and colleagues in Exeter and East Devon.

We have all seen the news, scrolled for constant updates, and are individually dealing with the problems caused by an energy crisis and increase in energy costs.

Unfortunately, as those reading this are probably aware, heat networks will not be immune from the energy crisis.

Here at Vital, we’re committed to helping organisations across the UK on their journey to net zero and developing the key industry skills required to create a sustainable workforce for our future.

Decarbonisation has been a key challenge for a number of years, no more than in the current climate. With multiple drivers to decarbonisation impacting the heat network industry at the same time, including the rising cost of gas, policy changes and customer aspirations to name a few, ultimately no one knows what the right answer is, which is both scary and exciting as it allows us all to have an impact on the choices made today. Making people commit to a choice on the other hand is a challenge.

Back in 2018, on Danfoss Future of Work Hackathon, an interesting idea was born. As everything is moving into digital, new technologies are being developed almost daily, the need for fresh knowledge became a new norm, even demand. Our colleagues in Danfoss, Mateja Panjan and Gašper Hren wanted to somehow enable knowledge sharing among experts from different industries. This is how the idea of Talent Cloud was born.

In November 2020, Danfoss hosted a panel discussion with the District Heating Divas at their annual Danfoss District Energy Network Festival. Catch up on what Divas from BEIS, Danfoss, SE-2, Buro Happold and more had to say about diversity, inclusion and the benefits of being in a network of people who support and encourage growth in our sector.

Ahead of the 2020 Connecting Women in District Heat Conference, Vattenfall Heat UK created a video series exploring why the District Heating Divas is important to our members across the UK.

This year we’re sponsoring the District Heating Divas’ conference again because we believe through their ‘Heat Exchanger Mentoring Pilot’ and regional Diva networking meetups across the country, the group is achieving positive change across our industry.

1 year, 27 matched mentoring pairs and hundreds of hours of mentoring later – what are the reflections of the 2020 Heat Exchanger working group about the last year?

Vattenfall Heat UK is proud to be the platinum sponsor to the second annual District Heating Divas Conference this year. Conference organiser Rachael Mills of SE2 takes our guest blog spot this month to discuss how Divas came about and has grown.

In December 2019, Vattenfall sponsored 'Connecting Women in District Heating'. Amongst the attendees were Vattenfall Heat UK's Engineering Manager, Selene Molina Blanco; University of Bristol masters student, Lina Drozd; and Regional Director for the South, Adriana Rodriguez Cobas. Here in conversation with Digital Manager Jim Christian, they reflect back to six months ago on the benefits such an event brings to the industry.