Millions of pounds of public money have been spent installing a ‘green’ central heating system that residents claim doesn’t work properly – and that has made their heating bills four times higher than expected.
The so-called exhaust air system works by sucking heat from waste air leaving the house and pumping it back in to provide heating and hot water.
But if it does not raise the boiler water temperature enough, an electric immersion heater kicks in, sending bills rocketing. Government grants were spent on the all-electric Swedish NIBE systems but experts say they are wrong for most British homes, which are not as well insulated as those in Sweden .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk
The so-called exhaust air system works by sucking heat from waste air leaving the house and pumping it back in to provide heating and hot water.
But if it does not raise the boiler water temperature enough, an electric immersion heater kicks in, sending bills rocketing. Government grants were spent on the all-electric Swedish NIBE systems but experts say they are wrong for most British homes, which are not as well insulated as those in Sweden .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk
