Brits urge Government to make us greener
New research from Worcester, Bosch Group (leading manufacturer of sustainable high efficiency heating and hot water solutions) has found that almost 70% of Brits are calling for more education when it comes to things like saving energy, with the majority (85%) expecting the Government to keep us informed. One in five of us are even in favour of fining people who don’t use green methods.
This is good - yes I know it’s a plug but hopefully some politicians will see the survey results. If you were wondering how Worcester, Bosch Group products might fit into the scheme of things here is an idea of what you can do depending on what budget you have.
I know when we moved into to our new house one of the first things we did was get a new boiler. We bought a condensing combi boiler(a Vaillant in the interests of balance). It was similar to the one mentioned below in terms of efficiency. I have read that people and installers have concerns about the reliability of these kinds of boilers - we have had ours for nearly 4 years and have had not problems with it - in fact it is one of the best things we did to the house when we moved in. It cost us around £2000 to buy and get installed which still fits in with the details below.
I would love to get a ground source heat pump as described below but as with all these things the money isn’t there at the moment and I am not sure we have the space. I would like to think next time we move house we will be able get a ground source heat pump or maybe a CHP apparently the next big thing in micro generation.
Anyway here are the suggestions for how to spend your money wisely:
- Under £10 - Low energy light bulbs, buy a draft ceiling kit, reflective radiator foil
- £10 - £50 - Loft insulation top up, stand-by buster, buy an eco kettle,
- £50 - £100 - Cavity wall insulation - ask your energy supplier for details
- £100 - £500 - Loft insulation (£500) - save £100 a year
- £500 - £1000 - Buy a rain water harvesting system
- £1000 - £5000 - Installing a Worcester Greenstar condensing boiler (SEDBUK A Rated - over 90% efficient) can save up to £200 a year and installing Worcester Greenskies solar water heating system can save up to £350. Worcester, Bosch Group is offering £400 cash back when installing a Worcester Greenskies solar system and Greenstar condensing boiler.
- Over £5000 - Install a Worcester Greenstore ground source heat pump or a Greensource air to water heat pump. For every one kW of energy consumed you get 4kW back. Worcester, Bosch Group is offering £2000 cash back when installing a Greenstore ground source heat pump.
Visit the energy house section of www.worcester-bosch.co.uk to see these technologies in action and experience the benefit is of having them installed in your property.
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