We’re getting ready for Flourish 26 - the three-day gathering organised by our client, the Yorkshire North & East Methodist District. Taking place 13–15 February 2026 at the University of York, the event is all about helping people “flourish” in their faith and community life.

Great news for the heat networks sector...

The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) has been extended by a further two years, giving owners and operators more time to secure funding for upgrades that improve performance, reduce carbon, and protect consumers.

We’re really pleased to be working with the amazing team at Zero Carbon Harrogate on an exciting new community energy project for Harrogate and Knaresborough.

On this wet Tuesday, the D3A Energy team are carrying out site surveys for a series of Energy Audits across the Darlington Methodist District.

D3A has been appointed by Cumberland Council to deliver a Renewable Energy Technical Feasibility Study for the Port of Workington - supporting its transition to net zero and attracting new investment.

The D3A Energy Team recently visited Wetherby Methodist Church to see the commissioning of their new air source heat pumps and solar PV + battery storage system.

Heat Networks become a regulated utility in 2026

From January 2026, heat will be treated as a regulated utility.
If you manage a communal or district heating network, you’ll need to prepare for a number of changes that could impact how you run your network.

With UK Government ambitions that 20% of all space heating and hot water is fed from Heat Networks by 2050, it’s clear that reliable, efficient systems will be vital to reaching Net Zero.

Today Paul Haverson and Joe Thompson headed to Northallerton Methodist Church to join in the celebrations to mark the completion of a £1.1 million decarbonisation project spanning 20 churches across the Yorkshire North & East Methodist District.

New heat network regulations are coming and here's the big question - is your site ready?

As we sift through the latest draft of the Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS) standards published by DESNZ, one thought keeps coming to mind - how will the 100s, if not 1000s, of smaller and independent sites navigate this?

Just over a year ago, the D3A Energy team made their way to the picturesque district of Uttlesford in Essex, where we carried out surveys on a number of council-owned buildings ahead of developing bespoke Heat Decarbonisation Plans.

Saving 57,000kWh a year and generating 10,700kWh of clean electricity - all in one project!

These are the results after Starbeck Methodist Church decided to take major steps to cut energy use and carbon emissions.

Ouseburn Trust is committed to reducing its carbon footprint and is actively developing the Ouseburn Regeneration Strategy 2020-30.

With the UK government softening its stance on the Gas Boiler Ban, many in the Heat Network sector are wondering - has this slowed down progress?

The UK’s journey towards net zero by 2050 is accelerating, and district heating is playing a key role.

At D3A, we've been attending several community energy workshops in our hometown of Hexham, Northumberland.

We love this video case study produced by the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub.

With our client, the Yorkshire North & East Methodist District, still firmly focused on their target to be entirely Net Zero by 2040, we carried out site visits to progress Decarbonisation works at three churches in Harrogate and Knaresborough.

As we tackle climate change and work towards net-zero emissions, district energy systems offer a really powerful solution for our cities.

Some of the targeted outputs from our latest decarbonisation project - Pathway to Net Zero for Methodist Churches - working with Yorkshire North & East Methodist District