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Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery systems are discussed with Nathan's guests Duncan and Barry Sharp.
Regular listeners will know Barry from previous episodes of BetaTalk and is one of Nathan's favourite heat pump engineers based in Scotland.
Duncan is Barry's dad and has been specialising in MVHR systems since around 2010.
The discussion looks at how effective MVHR is and the problems with design, installation and commissioning.
Duncan spends a lot of his time helping others understand MVHR and is involved in surveying the systems in social housing as well as designing and installing systems.
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Is MVHR any good?

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