Cut energy use and emissions with boiler and radiator checks, say experts

28/04/2008

Bleeding radiators and making sure boilers are set to come on only when necessary are key ways for UK homeowners to cut both costs and carbon emissions, it has been suggested.

Energy efficiency can be further improved via a range of similarly "cheap and easy" measures, according to the Times.

In addition to bleeding radiators to release trapped air and checking that thermostats are set to heat rooms only at times they are being used, the newspaper urged individuals to consider investing in a high-efficiency condensing boiler.

Such a heating device, manufactured by leading firms such as Vokera and Trianco, is said to save around 1.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide and up to £200 in fuel costs every year.

Earlier this year, plumbing pundits at the Manchester Evening News claimed that families could slash heating bills by a further ten per cent by turning the temperature of their central heating system down by one degree.

Meanwhile, bosses at Trianco note that buying one of the company's class-B boilers offers consumers the chance to get their money back in under two years through savings in energy bills.