Public Funding for Baxi Heating UK Limited

Baxi is a global player in the heating sector and has been working with industrial digital technologies (IDTs) for over ten years, aiming to improve our market share, competitiveness and productivity. Servitization is a growing manufacturing model, with 70% of manufacturers offering some level of servitization. However, few manufacturers offer more than consumables with maintenance schedules. We have assembled a cross sector project consortium with input from industry, UK SMEs and research organisations. The project will develop a Digital Servitization Demonstrator. We will deploy a new and innovative fusion of advanced services and digital servitization technologies, including sensors and IoT to create a digital twin of Baxi's manufacturing and service business. The DSD will provide the basis for a neutral Digital Platform (DP) which is not sector specific. This will be a wider, all-industry adaptable servitization model which can be transferred between sectors and developed as a bespoke model for individual companies. The model will enable a range manufacturing and supply 'digital twins' but also provide a means for businesses to use digital technologies to manage contracts, supply chains, customer contacts and all aspects of their business. The model has the potential to facilitate a step change in UK manufacturing and in other sectors, speeding manufacture, facilitating logistics, supply chains and customer service. Rollout of the models developed will enable UK business to become more agile and more competitive, stimulating growth.

Baxi's 'Delivering Warmth' project will put all of us who need to heat our homes and water at the heart of their design and innovation process for the first time. This is a radical shift in approach for Baxi and will lead to human centric insights about how we keep warm and use hot water. This will enable Baxi to develop tailored propositions to support their mission of creating lifetime loyalty by providing heating comfort for the UK. And in turn, it will accelerate Baxi's work in support of the reduction of the energy consumed in heating and hot water, help to reduce UK CO2 emissions, and support the vulnerable in fuel poverty. In addition, it will support Baxi's job creation goals in the UK and deliver more efficient, innovative and sustainable warmth for UK homes.

Samad Power Ltd’s micro turbine TGB (TurboGreenBoiler)domestic CHP boiler, capable of producing up to 2KW of electricity whilst simultaneously providing hot water and space heating (approximately 12 kW), is currently going through lab testing and preparation for CE certification. The fundamental challenge to high volume deployment of micro CHP units is the cost to the end users but TGB represents a significant cost reduction, with a projected installed price of £3,500. This project is to develop the TwinGen, next generation of TGB which has fast response characteristics similar to “combi” boilers and can be substituted into boiler packages, replacing the fan and burner with a compact axial turbine assembly which slots into conventional units, thus allowing technology licensing into boiler manufacturer standard ranges. This revolutionary configuration represents a breakthrough for reaching the boiler replacement market and in recognition of this potential, the consortium includes two boiler manufacturers, Utility giant BG and also world leading turmanufacturer Jabil , working with Samad to refine the design and produce prototypes.