Calls to Bring Back the Boiler Scrappage Scheme
Calls to Bring Back the Boiler Scrappage Scheme
Boiler scrappage schemes are a great way to encourage homeowners to trade in their old boiler to get a new energy efficient replacement. But whilst Scottish residents have the ability to benefit from such a scheme, energy customers in Britain are being overlooked.
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Back in November, the Heating and Hot water Industry Council (HHIC) instigated a push inside the industry, with demands the government to relaunch the scheme. But such efforts have to date fallen on deaf ears.
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The Boiler Scrappage Scheme was a government funded scheme designed to support homeowners who wanted to replace their old and inefficient boilers. Introduced greater than two years ago, the scheme saw vouchers directed at householders, offering £400 towards the cost of a new boiler.
Spectacularly successful, it was a victim of its own success, to employ a standard cliché, primarily because the government had only reserve a limited budget towards raising knowing of the need for people to replace their old boilers and think much more about energy efficiency within their homes. Some 133,976 vouchers were allocated, representing an overall total of 118,249 boiler replacements plus a considerable saving on carbon emissions was developed. Then the money ran out, which brought an end to the scheme.
Domestic central heating system boilers use a great deal of household energy. There are many estimates of simply how much, but it is pretty accurate to state that over half of the energy we use in our homes is made for heating and hot water. This meant that any government seriously committed to reducing the nation’s carbon emissions would definitely have to deal with this problem, primarily by wanting to encourage householders to change their old boilers. There were a few conditions attached for eligibility for the scheme. To begin with you had to have the least efficient boiler installed. Secondly, should you be under 60 the boiler must be working, but if you were over 60 the boiler could be either working or defunct.
The scheme has been sadly missed in England and Wales, but has since been reintroduced in Scotland. The reason being, according to the Energy Saving Trust, the Scottish Government has embarked on one of the most stringent carbon emission reduction targets on earth and the boiler scrappage scheme has been revived with the aid of £2 million worth of Scottish government funding. One of many concerns of the Scottish government will be the large amount of people living in fuel poverty, having a recent survey revealing 41 percent of householders in Dumfries and Galloway were classed as fuel poor.
If only the Westminster government would follow their example.
Boiler scrappage schemes are a great way to encourage homeowners to trade in their old boiler to get a new energy efficient replacement. But whilst Scottish residents have the ability to benefit from such a scheme, energy customers in Britain are being overlooked.
new combi boiler
Back in November, the Heating and Hot water Industry Council (HHIC) instigated a push inside the industry, with demands the government to relaunch the scheme. But such efforts have to date fallen on deaf ears.
boiler quote
The Boiler Scrappage Scheme was a government funded scheme designed to support homeowners who wanted to replace their old and inefficient boilers. Introduced greater than two years ago, the scheme saw vouchers directed at householders, offering £400 towards the cost of a new boiler.
Spectacularly successful, it was a victim of its own success, to employ a standard cliché, primarily because the government had only reserve a limited budget towards raising knowing of the need for people to replace their old boilers and think much more about energy efficiency within their homes. Some 133,976 vouchers were allocated, representing an overall total of 118,249 boiler replacements plus a considerable saving on carbon emissions was developed. Then the money ran out, which brought an end to the scheme.
Domestic central heating system boilers use a great deal of household energy. There are many estimates of simply how much, but it is pretty accurate to state that over half of the energy we use in our homes is made for heating and hot water. This meant that any government seriously committed to reducing the nation’s carbon emissions would definitely have to deal with this problem, primarily by wanting to encourage householders to change their old boilers. There were a few conditions attached for eligibility for the scheme. To begin with you had to have the least efficient boiler installed. Secondly, should you be under 60 the boiler must be working, but if you were over 60 the boiler could be either working or defunct.
The scheme has been sadly missed in England and Wales, but has since been reintroduced in Scotland. The reason being, according to the Energy Saving Trust, the Scottish Government has embarked on one of the most stringent carbon emission reduction targets on earth and the boiler scrappage scheme has been revived with the aid of £2 million worth of Scottish government funding. One of many concerns of the Scottish government will be the large amount of people living in fuel poverty, having a recent survey revealing 41 percent of householders in Dumfries and Galloway were classed as fuel poor.
If only the Westminster government would follow their example.