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Article: How to reduce your heating bills
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 9, 1995
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CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The cold snap is a timely reminder of the importance of
efficient heating and insulation to save on heating bills. Since
July this year all new homes have to be energy rated. The National
Energy Foundation launched the National Homes Energy Rating system
(NHER) four years ago and this can give an owner or new purchaser
some idea of what their fuel bills should be.
For an older home, you will also be able to find from their
charts how much you could save in fuel bills if you improved your
rating by one or two points. Anyone can have their home rated and
NHER assessors charge from pounds 50 to pounds 130, depending on
the size of the house and how far they have to travel.
This further emphasis ...