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This paper starts by establishing that, under certain conditions, a theoretical group heating scheme is just viable compared to individual heating of dwellings. The paper then examines the fuel consumption of one typical group heating scheme and finds that it uses slightly less energy than that calculated for individual heating of the dwellings, although the energy consumed in both cases could well be reduced by modern design. A further analysis, of the consumption data from 69 Inner London schemes, shows that domestic hot water generation is a source of inefficiency. It is proposed that this could be improved by individual generation in the dwellings with the group scheme providing space heating only.

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