How Ensuring Efficiency Heating In The Home Can Save You Money

Considering that a typical UK household uses an average of £1,420 annually on energy bills, any activity aimed at ensuring efficient use of energy would save the household money, whilst maintaining a warm and welcoming home. Central heating is the largest consumer of energy in the majority of households, and activities that ensure central heating efficiency would therefore; lower the burden of paying huge energy bills in households.

Heating is essential in households around the UK and its uses vary, from providing warmth, to cooking and preserving foods. This article will discuss the methods of maintaining efficiency heating and effective use of energy, and how heating efficiency can save you money. Heating can be used efficiently when warming a household. Allowing direct sunlight through the windows during winter helps in warming a house, and using heavy thick curtains and carpets help lock in heat within a room during the cold winter months. This is used instead of using other heating devices like air conditioners, which use electricity.

The methods mentioned are cheaper compared to that of conditioners, hence helps save money. Making use of solar heaters, which use sunlight for heating, would also help in heating efficiency. Solar energy is environmentally friendly and is very cheap to tap. These heaters can be used in the process of boiling water for showers and even in cooking. This saves money and reduces electricity bills by not using electric heaters. Solar heaters are more efficient because solar heat is readily available and can be regulated easily.

On the other hand proper handling, management, use and serving of the current heating appliances and regular boiler maintenance will ensure that energy is used efficiently in the home. Your heating appliances should have the highest possible energy efficiency ratings with an A rating being the highest. The higher the rating the more efficient the appliance is, and the lower the energy usage, thus more money is saved. You should make sure that your appliances meet the following requirements: -

i) Furnaces have an annual fuel utilization efficiency rating of 80 or higher
ii) Heat pumps have a heating seasonal performance factor rating of 7 or higher
iii) Air conditioners have a seasonal energy efficiency ratio rating of 13 or higher

If your furnace and other heating components are 10 years old, consider replacing them with more energy-efficient models making the use of heating more efficient, reliable and cheaper. Programmable thermostats are also very important in efficient heating in the home. It's hand-free comfort allows you to enjoy your home without having to run to adjust temperatures when the weather outside changes.

During winter you can save up to 3% of heating cost on each degree your thermostat is lowered. A programmable thermostat will automatically adjust temperatures throughout the day increasing heating efficiency at home and even saving energy and money, while conserving valuable energy.

Finally, it is important to ensure that the products you buy are of high quality and certified by the environmental protection agency. It is also important to ask an energy efficiency inspector to come to your home and perform a load calculation, and recommend the right products with the right capacity for your home.