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IWA Calls on Government to Back Green Future for Britain’s Leisure Boaters
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA), through its Sustainable Boating Group, has made a Submission to the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) Call for Evidence on Decarbonising Smaller Vessels. It has looked at propulsion and the use of domestic energy on leisure boats. The Group has a clear strategy to decarbonise this sector, so a submission has…
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SAVING ENERGY on boat heating
IT IS usually said that a typical narrowboat needs about 2kW to keep it comfortable in cold weather, although more is obviously needed to heat it initially. Energy (and therefore cost) can be saved by reducing losses, utilising waste heat and/or installing a more efficient system. Malcolm Bridge, IWA Sustainable Boating Group, gives us more…
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