Central heating is the norm in most houses in the UK. With a couple of limited modifications to the heating controls the system can be made much more energy efficient. Firstly, a time switch or central heating programmer enables you to set central heating and hot water to come on only at periods when required. Your charges will be significantly reduced as you will only be using gas when it is actually needed.
Energy usage is cut by adding room thermostat to more finely control the universal temperature in the household. You will only be warming the room to keep it at the ideal heat level. TRV valves can be supplied to each radiator to finely manage individual room temperatures. This will enable you to give heating to rooms that need it rather than the whole house being heated to the same heat level.
Older central heating boilers have higher energy consumption charges when compared with the younger varieties. After fifteen years your boiler has seen its better days. All modern gas boiler systems are more energy efficient and use less fuel to run as they now integrate highly efficient designs and heat exchangers. The most efficient boilers in terms of saving money are called condensing heating boilers which use 30-40% less fuel. Exhaust gas warmth is used to warm cold water trimming the gas consumption profile of the heating boiler. Government awards are oftentimes obtainable for houses that install one of these form of new heating boilers.
