TURNING UP THE HEAT

Energy costs, boiler bans and environmental responsibility are highlighting a major asset of new homes: they can cost up to 90% less to heat. Some do.

Boiler Ban

As Heritage Homes have demonstrated, gas boilers can be extremely efficient. The Bosch boilers can even, with the change of a single part, switch to burn hydrogen gas, instead. Without that switch, however, their fuel will always be a fossil fuel. From 2025, gas boilers are banned from new homes. From 2035, it will be illegal to replace your existing natural gas boiler, with a new one. This is forcing mainstream housebuilders to go all-electric, a move which should enlarge the market for A-rate technologies and reduce their cost. Cost remains the key reason why only 2% of new homes registered last year were A rated; 15% fell below B. Hopefully, the hugely positive experiences of the developers and customers highlighted here, will encourage the rest.