Responding to the recent report issued by the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG), Blane Judd, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) today urged the government to encourage the use of central heating controls as a proven, cost effective way to reduce energy consumption.
The report from the FPAG makes depressing reading, but what people don’t realise is that there is a simple, low cost solution staring them in the face. Heating and hot water accounts for over 80% of the energy used in homes, yet 80% of homes in the UK do not have basic heating controls.* It’s time the government actively encouraged local authorities and other providers of social housing to retrofit controls. By doing this not only will fuel poverty decrease but there will be measurable environmental savings.
* Taking Control of Carbon, CIPHE publication
Blane Judd, chief executive Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
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