Reduce fuel poverty with savings from computerised heating controller
Official figures this week reveal the number of households who are in ‘fuel poverty’ has more than doubled in the last five years because of soaring energy bills. A household is defined as being fuel poor if it has to spend 10 per cent or more of its income on paying to keep the home adequately warm. For many pensioners this is the largest bill they have to pay all year, so many are struggling to keep their homes warm. In 2003 the number of fuel poor households was two million, but it climbed to 4.5 million in 2008, according to the Department of Energy & Climate Change.
How much will my fuel bills rise this year?
This is the question many households are asking as the winter fuel bills hit the doormats. Well you could be facing a fuel bill price hike of £100 this year, with an average household rise of £57 in the last quarter alone. So it"s about time you took steps to cut down on your heating costs and look at fuel saving measures before the next cold spell in November 2010.
Computerised heating control is top energy efficient system you can Trust
A total of £2 billion a year could be saved by UK households if they make an effort to becoming energy efficient, the Energy Saving Trust has claimed. "Investing in energy efficient technologies like loft or cavity wall insulation is an invaluable way to ensure that we can add value to our home, keep bills down and unlike decor will never go out of fashion," said Philip Sellwood, chief executive of the Energy Saving Trust (EST).
Beat gas price changes with HeatingSave boiler control system
Utilities firm Npower has admitted it had not communicated well the changes it made to charges, and now 1.8m people are to receive an average refund of £35 in one of the biggest pay-outs of its kind. Npower says it will write to all those affected over the next two months, even if they are no longer customers.
Heating controller calculates savings to offset higher British Gas bills
British Gas has announced a 7% rise in gas and electricity bills this winter, the increase coming into effect on December 10. The company said this was the result of rising wholesale prices. The energy giant said prices for those on a typical dual-fuel deal would go up by £1.50 a week, but its 300,000 most vulnerable customers would initially not be charged more. The rise affects eight million customers, and British Gas is the second major UK energy supplier to hike prices for winter.
Reduce fuel poverty with savings from computerised heating controller
Official figures this week reveal the number of households who are in ‘fuel poverty’ has more than doubled in the last five years because of soaring energy bills. A household is defined as being fuel poor if it has to spend 10 per cent or more of its income on paying to keep the home adequately warm. For many pensioners this is the largest bill they have to pay all year, so many are struggling to keep their homes warm. In 2003 the number of fuel poor households was two million, but it climbed to 4.5 million in 2008, according to the Department of Energy & Climate Change.
Beat gas tariff rises with money saving central heating management system
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has apologised that it is putting up its domestic gas tariffs by 9.4 per cent at the start of December. SSE blamed the increasing wholesale cost of buying gas which it said had gone up by a quarter since March this year.
Intelligent heating controller cuts down carbon emissions of a building
The UK's first Climate Week, which takes place between March 21 and 27, 2011, is seven days dedicated to showing how we can combat climate change. Organisations from every part of society are planning activities for Climate Week, when winners of the prestigious Climate Week Awards will be announced. Entries can be submitted right now in a range of categories which include initiatives by businesses, community groups and public services.
Beat high gas and electricity bills with big savings from energy management tool
Energy watchdog Ofgem is looking into recent gas and electricity price rises, to see if more action is needed to protect consumers. It said that the net profit margin of £65 per typical customer in September was now £90, a 38% increase.
PC based energy management system offsets soaring gas and electricity prices
Energy regulator Ofgem has proposed to sweep away "complex and unfair pricing practices" by the main gas and electricity suppliers after examining the market. Ofgem added that, for the first time, it had uncovered evidence that suppliers had pushed up prices in response to rising costs more swiftly than they reduced them when costs fell.