Summer Offers To Help You "go Green"

By Author: Dave Sabri
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This summer British Gas is helping you to go green. Did you know that boilers account for 60% of the total CO2 emissions we as individuals produce here in the UK? But this amount can be greatly reduced if we all make the switch to energy-efficient boilers.

We could save enough energy to power 3.4 million homes for year and 13 million tonnes of CO2. As an added bonus each of us could save around £275 on our heating bills.

The offer from British Gas includes £400 off a new boiler, free home care for one a year and free radiator and heating controls. All of this is worth £852, so add the £275 saved on your bill and you are looking at well over £1000 in savings this year.

By removing the need to store water you can use them as and when you need them which means if you want a hot shower in the morning you no longer have to leave the heating on all night. They heat the water rapidly and efficiently but require less energy to do so, therefore producing less CO2.

Also, energy efficient boilers, or condensing boilers, periodically condense the water vapour in the tank. It uses a heat exchanger ...
... to transfer heat that would normally be expelled through the flue back into usable energy. This means that as much heat as possible is transferred from the boiler's burner and as little as possible is lost through the exhaust flue.

These new boilers also come will a full set of heating controls. These give you far greater control on the heat level in each room at any given time.

In the winter you can set the timer for the heat to come on just before your alarm goes off each morning, giving you hot water for a shower and a warm house to have breakfast in for example. You can also control the temperature in each room using the thermostat controls. This means that high-trafficked are warmer than those that are rarely used.

Going about our daily routines make up 40% of Britain's total greenhouse gas emission, but by making these few small changes, we can make a big difference to our immediate environment and that of the world as a whole.

British Gas has more to offer than just great gas and electricity prices. British Gas is helping people to go green both through greener energy and through paperless gas bills.