{"id":5081,"date":"2008-09-17T23:08:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T04:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/17\/cut-co2-emissions-install-trvs-at-home\/"},"modified":"2008-09-17T23:08:33","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T04:08:33","slug":"cut-co2-emissions-install-trvs-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=5081","title":{"rendered":"Cut CO2 Emissions – Install TRVs at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Tal Potishman<\/div>\n

Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRVs) have proven to be a hit seller in the UK in recent years and as such become an important part in fighting global warming. All central heating radiators must be fitted with a TRV, following the amendment to the Building Regulations introduced in 2002. The amendment to the Building Regulations requires TRVs to be fitted on all newly installed domestic radiators. Such new requirement has clearly help the TRV market more than double in volume (from around 3.7 million<\/a> units sold in 1995 to more than 7.5 million in 2003).<\/p>\n

The UK government has set itself challenging targets for the reduction of carbon emissions. Along with the Kyoto agreement, the government intends to lead the way within the western world in terms of reducing the country’s greenhouse gases and environmental impact. The Kyoto protocol refers to emissions of key greenhouse gases that have to be reduced by 12.5% against 1990 levels. Not satisfied with this requirement, the UK government has set a target of 20% reduction against 1990 levels, with a long term highly challenging goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050.<\/p>\n

According to Building regulations Part L, central heating engineers must install only A- or B-rated central heating components (such as condensing boilers) that are environmentally friendly and deliver high energy efficiency performance. At current levels, around 400 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions are released into the atmosphere every year purely as a result of heating our homes. The total emissions level of the domestic sector is even higher and stands on 535 million tonnes per year.<\/p>\n

TRVs help reduce wasted heat by allowing the user to set the desired temperature in each room individually according to their preferences. This way the user can minimize and virtually eliminate energy wastage by heating unused rooms, or providing more heat than is necessary. TRVs have moved forward recently and are now stylish and very effective. Chrome finish designs are very popular now and their fashionable appearance makes them not only useful (by allowing you to set specific temperature in each room) but also aesthetical and classy.<\/p>\n

Modern TRVs use a system of liquid filled controls. Unlike the wax-filled valves that were used in the past, the liquid is more sensitive and as such much quicker to react to changes in ambient temperature. This feature makes the liquid filled Thermostatic Radiator Valve better at adjusting the room temperature when there are changes (such as opening the front door).<\/p>\n

Just installing a TRV will not in itself save money or reduce carbon emissions. It is important to educate the user or owner<\/a> of the property on how to take full advantage of the unique benefits of the TRV. Experts estimate that by using the TRV effectively, a typical household can expect to reduce their heating bill by up to 17%, and yet ensure a pleasant temperature around the house.<\/p>\n

The TRV market has also benefited from the increase in sale of towel warmers (heated towel rails). Recent estimates put the market size at around 33 million per year, accounting for around 16% of the accessories market. Over one million towel rails are predicted to be sold just this year alone.<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
Tal Potishman is editor of Heating Central<\/a>, which publishes content about Hampstead plumbers<\/a>, boilers, underfloor heating and solar thermal. He focuses in helping save money and the environment by advising on high-efficiency heating.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRVs) have proven to be a hit seller in the UK in recent years and as such become an important part in fighting global warming. All central heating radiators must be fitted with a TRV, following the amendment to the Building Regulations introduced in 2002. The amendment to the Building Regulations requires TRVs to be fitted on all newly installed domestic radiators. Such new requirement has clearly help the TRV market more than double in volume (from around 3.7 million units sold in 1995 to more than 7.5 million in 2003).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2060,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-5081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}