Affordable Warmth Feature
The network of six million estimated storage heaters in use throughout the country continues to support the grid to service the ever-increasing daily demand for electricity
that a selection will have on resident bills. Any direct-acting heating system such as a panel heater, electric, radiant or aluminium radiator will cost more to run than a HHR unit. Tis is because the storage capability allows these units to use cheaper electricity, meaning they are the only type of electric heater recognised in SAP to be up to 27% cheaper to run than a standard storage heater system and up to 47% cheaper to run than the direct electric systems listed above.
SPECIALIST TARIFF ACCESS Furthering the benefits of storing up off-peak energy to be used on demand throughout the day, Dimplex has partnered with British Gas to launch a new tariff, the UK’s most advanced electric storage heating tariff for use with Dimplex Quantum storage heaters. Te tariff is a first-of-its-kind, it can offer lower rates than typical Economy 7
tariffs thanks to the heaters’ capability to charge when electricity costs are lowest on the grid. Designed, developed, and manufactured in the UK, the heaters intelligently
communicate with British Gas, who charge them up with low-cost electricity when it’s available on the grid. Tis cheap electricity can be intelligently stored as heat, which not only helps consumers to lower their bills but can also provide flexibility to the UK’s energy system as we continue to decarbonise our national energy infrastructure and transition towards Net Zero.
David Patrick is head of specification marketing at Dimplex
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