The cost of home energy rose dramatically in 2022, making heating homes over winter more expensive than usual for UK households. With the rising costs of fossil fuels and their negative impact on the environment, we’re looking at greener options that could help you reduce your household bills.
One such energy saving solution we’re currently piloting is the installation of infrared heating panels in two blocks of flats to replace old, poorly performing electric storage heaters.
Gertie Jones recently had the infrared panels installed in her flat in North Shields. Gertie originally had night storage heaters in her property and struggled to get them to work efficiently:
“The old storage heaters were difficult to work with and quite confusing. If you were warm one day you could turn it down, but then if you were feeling cold the next and turned it back up it would take a whole day for my home to heat back up. It caused me a lot of problems and meant that my home was always freezing. I suffer from bad asthma and always had to wrap up and use a hot water bottle as the cold sets my asthma off.”
Since getting the infrared panels installed Gertie has started to notice a difference:
“The panels are smashing and easy to use. You put them on when you’re cool and turn them down when you’re hot and that’s all I wanted. They heat up very quickly and you really feel it when you come home in the evening.
“They look lovely as well. The old storage heaters were an eyesore, they were so old fashioned and difficult to clean. The panels are more modern, slimline and look great.
“They took about four days to fit in total and the guys who installed them were lovely and helpful. They put me at ease, explained everything and gave me their contact details in case I had any issues.
“I haven’t seen the difference in cost due to some issues with my energy supplier, but now that I’m on a new tariff I should see the difference this winter and see if they are cost effective. Hopefully I’ll be nice and warm and toastie.”
The infrared heating panels offer a low cost and low maintenance option. They work by emitting heat as infrared radiation which heats objects and people in its path in a radiant way. This is different to more traditional convective heat transfer which relies on heating the air in the room.
The panels are easy to install and can be designed as part of bathroom mirrors, wall art or pictures.
We’ll be piloting the infrared panels this year, which will continue to monitor their performance and getting customer feedback to see if it’s worth rolling them out on a larger scale.
You can find out more about our dedication to environmental sustainability in our latest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.
And you can find out more about our Response to Climate Change here.
The cost of home energy rose dramatically in 2022, making heating homes over winter more expensive than usual for UK households. With the rising costs of fossil fuels and their negative impact on the environment, we’re looking at greener options that could help you reduce your household bills.
One such energy saving solution we’re currently piloting is the installation of infrared heating panels in two blocks of flats to replace old, poorly performing electric storage heaters.
Gertie Jones recently had the infrared panels installed in her flat in North Shields. Gertie originally had night storage heaters in her property and struggled to get them to work efficiently:
“The old storage heaters were difficult to work with and quite confusing. If you were warm one day you could turn it down, but then if you were feeling cold the next and turned it back up it would take a whole day for my home to heat back up. It caused me a lot of problems and meant that my home was always freezing. I suffer from bad asthma and always had to wrap up and use a hot water bottle as the cold sets my asthma off.”
Since getting the infrared panels installed Gertie has started to notice a difference:
“The panels are smashing and easy to use. You put them on when you’re cool and turn them down when you’re hot and that’s all I wanted. They heat up very quickly and you really feel it when you come home in the evening.
“They look lovely as well. The old storage heaters were an eyesore, they were so old fashioned and difficult to clean. The panels are more modern, slimline and look great.
“They took about four days to fit in total and the guys who installed them were lovely and helpful. They put me at ease, explained everything and gave me their contact details in case I had any issues.
“I haven’t seen the difference in cost due to some issues with my energy supplier, but now that I’m on a new tariff I should see the difference this winter and see if they are cost effective. Hopefully I’ll be nice and warm and toastie.”
The infrared heating panels offer a low cost and low maintenance option. They work by emitting heat as infrared radiation which heats objects and people in its path in a radiant way. This is different to more traditional convective heat transfer which relies on heating the air in the room.
The panels are easy to install and can be designed as part of bathroom mirrors, wall art or pictures.
We’ll be piloting the infrared panels this year, which will continue to monitor their performance and getting customer feedback to see if it’s worth rolling them out on a larger scale.
You can find out more about our dedication to environmental sustainability in our latest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.
And you can find out more about our Response to Climate Change here.
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