{"id":19974,"date":"2024-06-25T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1abc.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-save-energy-with-heating-controls"},"modified":"2024-06-25T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T21:00:50","slug":"how-to-save-energy-with-heating-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palaeobiology.org.uk\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/how-to-save-energy-with-heating-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"How to save energy with heating controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How much will I save?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The more controllable your heating system is, the more energy efficient it will be, as you will be able to set the temperature to ensure that you are warm enough, but that no heat is wasted through the system being on unnecessarily or at too high a temperature. Installing good heating controls can save around \u00a365 of your heating bills every year, and will cost in the region of \u00a3200. It will also save around 530 kg carbon dioxide emissions every year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/energysavingtrust.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Saving Trust<\/a> gives more details on costs, savings and paybacks.<\/p>\n<p>How you use your heating controls also has a great effect on how much energy you can save. There are simple tips to help you get the most from your heating system. An efficient heating system should have the following controls:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Programmer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All central heating systems should have a programmer, or timer, to allow you to set \u201con\u201d and \u201coff\u201d time periods. The best ones allow the space heating and water heating to be set separately. Set the programmer to come on around half an hour before you get up in the morning, and to go off just before you leave the house, if you go out to work, coming on again half and hour before you get in, and going off just before you go to bed. You can experiment with these times. The more efficienct your boiler and the better your insulation, the quicker the house will heat up, and the longer it will retain its temperature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Room thermostat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This works by sensing the air temperature, switching on the boiler and pump when the air temperature falls below the thermostat setting and switching it off once this set temperature has been reached. Try turning it down by 1 degree to save energy \u2013 you probably won\u2019t notice the difference, and this alone could save 10% on your heating bills. Thermostats should be in a room which does not have big changes in temperature \u2013 for example in a draughty location the thermostat may keep switching the heating on, although the rest of the house is warm, and in a sunny location the heating may go off before the rest of the house is warm enough. Near a radiator or in rooms with additional heating or radiators with thermostatic radiator valves will also disrupt the efficient working of the thermostat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thermostatic radiator valve (TRV): <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These reduce the flow of water to the radiator as the thermostat reaches its set temperature. They help save energy in your home by allowing you to set different temperatures in different rooms, and set lower temperatures or turn the radiator off in rooms which aren\u2019t being used.<\/p>\n<p>An old central heating system can also be improved by converting it from gravity fed to a fully pumped system, and providing motorised valves to allow the water to be heated independently of the radiators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much will I save? 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