Latest central heating and hot water product news
BEAMA believes the Government has missed a golden opportunity to maximise household CO2 reductions and improve householder comfort.
While welcoming the launch of the ‘Warm Homes, Greener Homes Strategy’, the association says the strategy surprisingly fails to give prominence to the effective role of any type of controls, in particular those for heating and hot water systems.
Responding to the strategy (launched at Ecobuild 2010) Dr Howard Porter, BEAMA’s chief operating officer (COO) comme... [more]
Latest official details of the waiting times across the country were published in the 2009 Warm Front Annual Report. At that time, the average waiting time for heating related work across the country was 66 days with households in London having to wait the longest at 80 days. The shortest waiting list was in the North West at 53 days.
Blane Judd, the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering, has joined the growing number of voices expressing concern about... [more]
Existing home heating controls such as timers and thermostats often make it difficult for people to cut fuel costs because they are too complicated to set correctly. By designing a appliance that takes the complexity out of the controls, the IESD found that energy use on heating and hot water alone could be reduced by up to 14 per cent.
An automated heating control system that learns householders’ preferences and gives immediate feedback on energy consumption is being designed in Leicester: D... [more]
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new series of water-cooled VRF air conditioning systems with a line up that offers an industry-leading COP of 6.06 in heating and 5.71 in cooling, whilst delivering an average 20% increase in efficiency over previous models.
The new WY / WR2 YHM range is now available and comes in a modular system with units that are 40% shorter and half the volume ratio compared to the previous model. Available in both a WY (Heat pump) and WR2 (Heat recovery) option, the un... [more]
HRM Boilers has announced that it has developed increased efficiency across its Wallstar through-the-wall and X-ternal boiler range in accordance with the Seasonal Efficiency of Domestic Boilers (SEDBUK) bands.
The Wallstar condensing 12/14, 15/19, 20/24 and X-ternal 12/14 and 15/19 models are now all rated as SEDBUK Band A efficiency boilers with independent tests showing a nett efficiency across both ranges of 96%. This makes these two HRM models among the most energy efficient oil fired b... [more]
The changes to the Warm Front grants aim to help the most vulnerable households and will work towards making those homes more energy efficient in the long run.
The increase in grants is from £2,700 to £3,500 for gas central heating and £4,000 to £6,000 for households with oil systems and to qualify, residents must own their own home or live in privately rented property and be in receipt of benefits.
Gavin Ward Ltd, a Government appointed installer of grant funded Warm Front heating and in... [more]
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