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An authoritative document about saving energy in the home has been produced by the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering. The white paper, entitled Taking Control of Carbon, is designed to help householders cut both carbon emissions and their hot water and heating bills.
It was launched recently by MP Kevin Brennan, the new Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs, at an All-Party Parliamentary Building Services Engineering Group lunch at Westminster.
The CIPHE Document points out that heating and hot water account for 84 per cent of energy use in the average home. At the same time, however, 80 per cent of homes do not have basic heating controls, 12.5 million homes have boilers which do not switch off, 8.5 million homes do not have a room thermostat, and 30 per cent of condensing boilers do not have room thermostats.
If homes were more energy efficient, householders could save up to
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