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Rayburn 480CD: Warm homes, hot baths and great food with Rayburn

(12/03/2010)

AGA Rangemaster is reporting strong interest in Rayburn, its evergreen heating and eating brand. Despite their traditional good looks, Rayburn has some of the most advanced technology available in the boiler and range cooker markets. For example, the Rayburn 480CD has an ultra-efficient A-rated condensing boiler which reduces the owner’s fuel bills considerably. Rayburns are also completely controllable, to ensure energy is only used when required. The recently launched Rayburn Heatranger 60... [more]

Radiator Booster: Simple methods to heat your room faster and reduce your heating bills

(02/03/2010)

One of the biggest household expenditures during the Winter months is central heating and with the threat of a forthcoming gas shortage there are simple methods available to get the most from our radiators and enable us to turn use less energy. The Radiator Booster will heat your room faster, save energy and reduce your heating bills. Simply place a Radiator Booster on the top of a standard domestic water filled radiator, plug it in, and away it goes. This UK Registered design uses miniature ... [more]

Renewable Heat Incentive RHI: Heat pumps are growing in importance as energy efficient building design moves up the building services sector's agenda

(10/02/2010)

Heat pumps use electricity to extract heat from the environment, usually from the ground or the air. More than three quarters of the energy produced by the heat pump is available free from a sustainable, renewable source. Unlike other sources of renewable energy like wind and solar, the heat in the ground or the air is always available for use. Although they are not carbon neutral (after all, they are powered by electricity), heat pumps typically generate three or four times the energy used t... [more]

Renewable Heat Incentive RHI: OFTEC welcomes the move to include new bio-liquid heating fuel within the consultation paper for the RHI

(08/02/2010)

The UK’s 1.4 million homes currently heated by oil could be able to receive incentive payments for switching to a new bio-liquid heating fuel. The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) believes that these plans are vital to encourage consumer take-up. OFTEC was instrumental in the successful campaign to include the option of using blends of bio liquids to heat buildings in the consultation paper for the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), which was issued by the Department of Energy a... [more]

Recess bathroom fittings: Turnstyle Designs bathroom fittings co-ordinate with door and furniture handles

(03/02/2010)

Turnstyle Designs have launched a range of bathroom fittings that co-ordinate with door and furniture handles. The new Recess range of bathroom fittings has a toilet paper holder that has a simple but ingenious hinged arm that allows a very quick and easy change of toilet paper. The hand towel loop, is not a loop but a triangle. Ensuring the towel sits flat on the bar. All designs are fixed with a concealed fixing that is incredibly easy to fit. The range is available with leather (eith... [more]

Rayburn 480CD gas central heating range cooker: Rayburn drops the price of its A-rated Rayburn 480CD gas central heating range cooker

(22/01/2010)

Up to 125,000 households in England with working G-rated boilers can apply through the Energy Saving Trust for a voucher which will entitle them to £400 off the price of a new, modern A-rated boiler or a renewable heating system like a biomass boiler or a heat pump. Rayburn has announced it is matching the Government’s contribution for the the new boiler scrappage scheme by dropping the price of its A-rated ultra-efficient Rayburn 480CD gas central heating range cooker by £400 – so everyone c... [more]