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UK boiler market declined further in 2012, industry figures show
Boiler sales in 2012 continued to decline, down 2.2% from 2011, which itself was a bad year with sales down 10.1% from 2010, according to the Heating and Hot water Industry Council's definitive quarterly statistical analysis.
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Consumers urged to seek energy saving advice as cold snap begins
The UK will be rudely awakened from its mild weather as winter is set to bite back this week according to the Met Office. Many homes will be unprepared and will continue to leak energy which will result in unnecessarily high fuel bills.
The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) is urging people to take out simple measures in the home which will help them to waste less energy and make savings at a time when finances are stretched after the Christmas period.
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Green Deal Incentives
Green Deal cash- back scheme good idea but wrong timing says heating industry
The government's announcement on the Green Deal cash-back scheme is a positive step in the right direction but the timing could be better says the heating industry.
With boiler sales struggling in this difficult economic climate, the scheme will be too late when it is launched in January 2013 to make an impact for UK manufacturers.
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UK manufacturers still struggling as boiler sales continue to decline
The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council's quarterly statistical release shows for the first nine months like for like boiler sales are down by 14% in 2012 compared to pre- financial crisis levels of 2008.
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Action needed to support construction sector as boiler sales hit 10-year low
Leading trade association the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) announced that boiler sales for the six months up to June 2012 were at their lowest for ten years, confirming the evidence that the UK construction sector is in a parlous state.
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Government report supports new gas boilers in fight against fuel poverty
It is a well-known fact within the heating industry and other industry bodies that boilers account for about 60 percent of what a consumer would spend on energy bills. The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) believe that these new government statistics stating fuel poverty has fallen in the period to April 2011 reveal the major impact that energy efficiency and in particular the installation of a condensing boiler has on financially, hard pressed consumers.
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Sustainable energy islands
When it comes to issues of energy, the UK is a country of contrasts. It is the windiest country in the EU, yet until recently it had very little renewable energy and most of it was from waste biomass. It is a country with some of Western Europe’s highest rates of home ownership and also the highest rates of fuel poverty. We invented trams and district heating systems, yet we abandoned these for less energy efficient and more individualised energy technologies. When it comes to seeking lessons and inspiration for the transition to a low carbon society, we can find many good practice examples in other northern European countries. But we can also find good examples closer to home.
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Power from the people
HOW GERMANY WILL MANAGE WITHOUT NUCLEAR
By Prashant Vaze, Chief Economist and Head of Fair Markets at Consumer Focus -
Turning over a new leaf
By Gregory Barker MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change. From Cheshire to Cornwall, Caerphilly to Carlisle, hundreds of communities are gearing up to explore all the benefi ts that clean, green local energy has to offer, all thanks to a new coalition community-focused scheme. This coalition is committed to being the greenest government ever and this is another step towards achieving our goal.
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Savings through renewables
Mari joined the Sussex Energy Group in SPRU, University of Sussex, in July 2006. Her research has centred on consumer behaviour and energy demand, with links to concepts such as community energy and stakeholder engagement via local initiatives. She is also interested in the debates surrounding new and old energy technologies such as nuclear power and microgeneration. In October 2010, Mari star ted an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded PhD study in the Innovation of Community Energy Projects in Finland and the United Kingdom. Mari has a BA in Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. Mari has previously worked for RenewableUK and bunkerworld.com.