Heating controls help you keep your home comfortably warm, without over-heating and wasting energy. By installing and using your heating controls effectively, you could save money on your heating bills and lower your carbon emissions.

What are heating controls?

Heating controls is a broad term covering timers, thermostats and plumbing and electronic components, which help manage when the heating should be on and what temperature your rooms should be.

Heating controls range from traditional mechanical styles that are set manually, to internet-connected controls that learn your habits and adjust settings automatically.

Heating controls are improving all the time, helping us to control the heat in our homes. However, research shows that few people really understand their controls and many simply just don’t use them.

EPCs

In the UK, every time a building is sold or rented out, an energy performance certificate (EPC) needs to be issued to potential buyers or renters. The idea is that by having an easy way of comparing the energy performance of buildings, energy efficiency becomes a bigger part of the decision-making process.