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Given our restricted mobility during the pandemic we have all got to know our local area in more detail than ever before. The pandemic has highlighted the need for access to open and green spaces and the importance of outdoor exercise, and many will have found a new level of understanding of their local area and walking routes. Awareness of our locality and nature has increased together with an understanding of the human impact at a wider scale given climate change predictions.

On 27 June 2019, the UK government set a legally binding target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. According to the Energy Systems Catapult (ESC), heating homes and buildings accounts for more than 30% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Most of this can be attributed to heating domestic properties.

With only 5% of homes having low carbon heating, such as electric heat pumps, and

Almost a year ago Geomni were in Edinburgh for AGI Scotland 2020. At the time it was just another event, but as it turned out it was the last in person conference we attended before the COVID-19 lockdowns. A year on and we were delighted to sponsor AGI Scotland 2021, this time as a ‘virtual’ experience.

Spread across two days the event was as vibrant as ever with high calibre speakers providing a wide range of presentations based around the ‘Working Better Togethe