E.ON, one of the UK’s largest power and gas companies, has reaffirmed its commitment to helping households reduce their gas bills, by offering £700 off a new boiler for a limited time only.*

For people over the age of 60, this amount could increase to £1,000.

The Energy Saving Trust has advised that replacing an older boiler with a new energy efficient condensing boiler, could save households around a third on their heating bills, which with full heating controls, could save UK households as much as £270 a year.

As well as the financial savings, energy efficient boilers also reduce household carbon dioxide emissions by up to 875kg a year.

In addition to immediate and ongoing savings on heating bills, replacing an old boiler can also add value to the home, making it easier to sell in a slow market, with research from the Energy Saving Trust showing that nearly 70% of Britons believe that energy efficiency is important when buying a home, and that over a third of home buyers would be put off buying a property with an outdated heating system.

David Topping, Head of Commercial Operations at E.ON UK Retail, said: “It’s a difficult time for many families in the UK and we want to do what we can to help with this. By providing £700 or more, off a new energy efficient boiler, we can reduce the initial expense and households can benefit from the immediate reduction in their heating bills.”

For further information, or to find out if this offer is available in your area, visit:

Web: http://www.eonenergy.com/heating

* Terms and conditions apply, available on request.  Subject to availability.(Offer ends on 15th September)

If you’ve never hear of mCHP - you’re probably not alone - but it’s a term we’re going to hear a lot more about in the future: mCHP stands for Micro Combined Heat and Power - and is the name for boilers that generate electricity as well as providing heating and hot water.

This WhisperGen from Powergen is the first commercially available domestic mCHP boiler in the world. It is powered by mains gas, to provide central heating and hot water. It also converts excess heat that would normally escape through the exhaust flue, into electricity to power your lights and other household appliances.

The WhisperGen has a maximum electrical output of 1.2kW, and could cut your energy bills by as much as £120 per year compared to a conventional boiler. And because it’s using waste heat to create this electricity, it’s kind to the environment too.

Powergen will supply and install a WhisperGen mCHP boiler in your home for £3,000. Powergen say this is around £500-600 more than a conventional boiler installation, and that the payback period will be around four years. Any surplus electricity generated can be sold back to Powergen, offering further savings.

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