Boilers can make a real difference

Boilers account for around 60% of all domestic CO2 emissions. Using a high efficiency condensing boiler with heating controls could save you up to £180 a year, and significantly cut your home's CO2 emissions.

As the current lifespan of a boiler is 10-15 years, choosing a heating system with a high efficiency condensing boiler with the correct heating controls can make a huge difference to your heating bills over time.

Turning your thermostat down by 1°C could cut your heating bills by 10% and save you around £30 per year.

Defra has a lot of detail about boilers and efficiency. Click here to find out more.

The EST says that there may be grants and offers available to help you install an energy efficient heating system and insulation.

Here a few of the assumptions made when calculating savings from boilers

High efficiency condensing boilers convert more than 88% of their fuel into heat, compared to 78% for conventional types.

Is your boiler energy efficient? If it's 10-15 years old then it probably isn't. Replacing your old boiler  with a new high efficiency condensing boiler will save you around a third on your heating bills straight away.

If you're fitting a new kitchen or bathroom, why not minimise cost and disruption by installing a new high efficiency condensing boiler at the same time?

By law, from 1st April 2005 onwards, most new gas boilers fitted in England and Wales must be high efficiency condensing boilers (with a few exceptions depending on suitability). High efficiency condensing boilers can be easily fitted to most new and old heating systems, ask your installer for more details.

And that's not all... If you install the right heating controls, you could save up to 40% on your fuel bill - that's about £150 - £180 off the average bill.

and finally...

If everyone in the UK installed a high efficiency boiler, we would save enough money to pay the entire annual fuel and power bills of almost two million households?

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