More gas cost-efficiency hints
More gas cost-efficiency hints
Central heating is present in most homes in the United Kingdom. Without touching how they are functioning a few limited alterations to the heating system controls can greatly improve the system’s gas efficiency. Hot water output can be restricted to particular parts of the day by putting in a timer switch or heating programmer. This restricts energy usage to only those times of the daytime when hot water or central heating are required.
Adding room thermostats will assist you to maintain the heat level in the house without paying for gas to make it warmer than required. This limits your use of energy to just that necessary to warm the room to the correct temperature. Thermostats can also be fitted to the radiators in every room to execute the same warmth level maintenance. This is a recommended way of holding the bedroom temperatures lower than that in the ground floor areas.
The main source of gas inefficiency probably comes from an elderly central heating boiler. Most central heating boilers have a lifespan of 15 years and tend to have more problems and become less efficient after this time. New, modern central heating boilers have more efficient designs and use less gas. You may be able to achieve economies on your heating bills of up to forty % by fitting a condensing central heating boiler. Exhaust gas heat is used to warm cold water cutting the gas consumption profile of the boiler. You may also be fortunate and qualify for a award to put in one of these new central heating boilers.