Understandably, people increasingly want to be comfortable in
their own homes. The average temperatures inside our homes are
estimated by BRE to have increased from 15.5ºC in 1991 to 19ºC
in 2002. This rise in temperature has been helped by the
increased use of central heating and improved insulation.
However, research from BERR showed that turning your room
thermostat down by just 1ºC can reduce your heating bills by
10%. Experts consider that a comfortable living room temperature
is 21ºC, but in other parts of the house it is 2ºC lower. This
suggests that being able to control the temperature in different
rooms not only makes the home more comfortable but also saves a
considerable amount of money (cue promotion for using an etrv.
To get the full benefit of these products we must remember to
close the internal doors to avoid hot bedrooms and cool living
rooms. The “comfortable” temperature that we set our thermostat
at is affected by many different factors, such as social grade,
type of dwelling, tenure and