Was the installation of combination condensation boilers for household heating systems being monitored?
The boilers, although expensive initially, were highly efficient and could save the consumer around 200 per annum on running costs. Jane responded that these types of boilers were now mandatory but better records needed to be established between the Energy Efficiency Advice Centre and Building Control and she would look into this. How were the energy reduction figures calculated and how confident was Jane that they were correct? Jane responded that her predecessor, Claire Westron had devised a very complex and detailed spreadsheet that took the estimated data collated from the Energy Efficiency Advice Centre and other actual data and worked on a reasonable level of consistency. What was the CarbonFREE take up? Two people had already signed up. Promotion of Home Energy reduction Tony Hall, Head of Housing and Environmental Health, explained that the Council had put in a bid for thermal imaging mapping of the Borough which would identify those properties with the most heat loss and help
