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Are your customers energy smart?
Around 68% of households in Northern Ireland use oil. A recent ComRes Energy Study found that 63% of consumers are concerned about how they are going to pay heating bills this year.
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Oilsave consumer website gets a new look
In a bid to help Great Britain’s one million oil-fired households save money and become more fuel efficient, OFTEC and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) have launched a new look Oilsave website offering impartial information and advice to help people get the best from their oil heating systems.
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Reduce council tax to encourage energy efficiency
A survey* conducted by Ipsos Mori for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), shows that ‘an alarmingly low proportion’ of people plan to take any action to make their homes more energy efficient during 2014.
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Putting some fire into Cold Homes Week
OFTEC chairman Martyn Bridges, centre, with other members, supporting the Energy Bill Revolution to end fuel poverty in the UK
To help raise awareness of the 20% of UK households living in fuel poverty and the need to make the country’s homes more energy efficient, OFTEC backed this month’s Cold Homes Week.
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OFTEC calls on government to incentivise uptake of high efficiency boilers
With a poor response to the government’s Green Deal, OFTEC has written to secretary of state for energy, Ed Davey, to propose the introduction of a boiler scrappage scheme to encourage more people to make the switch to high efficiency condensing boilers.
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Carbon monoxide – are your customers aware?
David Blevings and Richard Meredith – raising awareness of the silent killer
November 2013 was Northern Ireland’s first Carbon Monoxide Awareness month. Feedback from registered technicians across Northern Ireland suggests that householders believe the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning only apply to gas burning appliances.
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FREE tank safety checks – get involved
Support OFTEC’s tank safe campaign
OFTEC has teamed up with several tank manufacturers to promote safe storage of heating oil.
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OFTEC rings the changes
“An un-notified installation can be a real headache,” says Adrian Lightwood, registration services director
OFTEC has made it easier for its technicians to register installations of new oil boilers and oil tanks by opening a new telephone service for notifiable works.
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Thames powers community heating scheme
Donald Daw, Mitsubishi Electric, Mike Spenser-Morris, NHP Leisure Developments, Jeffrey Adams, United House and Ed Davey
A new London-based eco friendly housing development is getting the energy for its heating and hot water directly from the Thames in a pioneering community heating scheme.
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PTS – keeping the Commonwealth Games on track
PTS supplied a range of heating and plumbing products to the Athletes Village
Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS) is celebrating the completion of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village after supplying a range of essential heating and plumbing products to the City Legacy consortium.
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Mitsubishi saves energy with new website
Mitsubishi’s new website – the first stop for energy savings
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new energy saving website.
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Installers must join fight against oil theft
The Kingspan Watchman Anywhere App
With oil theft on the rise, Colin McGregor, Parts Center’s category director for pump, parts and controls, tells installers how they can help customers protect their tanks.
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Oil tank fire causes devastation
Fire crews from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue were called out to a property in West Alvington, near Kingsbridge in Devon following reports that a domestic oil tank was alight.
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OFTEC highlights lack of CO awareness
OFTEC threw its weight behind Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Week, which ran in late September.
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New CEO for IDHEE
The Institute of Domestic Heating & Environmental Engineers (IDHEE) has appointed David Matthews as chief executive officer.