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The Scottish Executive's Central Heating Programme and the Warm Deal Annual Report 2003-04: BENEFITS FROM HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCHEMES IN SCOTLAND 2003-04: A REPORT BY THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
Case study 4
Mr Jessiman lives in a late Victorian tenement flat in Edinburgh, which he rents from Castle Rock Housing Association.
Before improvements
Prior to improvement, there was a gas fire in the living room and Mr Jessiman would use an electric fire in the bedroom, "for 10 minutes before I went to bed". An NHER survey showed that the property scored 3.2, and would cost Mr Jessiman £439 a year for gas and electricity.
Improvements carried out under the Central Heating Programme
Castle Rock installed a gas-fired combi boiler system in the flat, controlled by a room thermostat, a programmer and thermostatic radiator valves.
The effect of improvements
The improvements have increased the NHER to 6.3 and it is estimated that the annual fuel bill will be around £314 a year. Carbon dioxide emissions are expected to drop from 3.9 tonnes per year to 3.1 tonnes per year. When asked whether the improvements had made any difference to his fuel bills, Mr Jessiman replied. "It's more expensive, but that's because I'm actually heating the flat. I didn't before."
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