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Oil-fired heating – time to back the most cost-effective option  

Offering the best decarbonisation solution for oil heated homes, OFTEC says it’s time for government to back low carbon liquid fuels as the most practical, cost-effective solution.   OFTEC’s recently released ‘Industrial Strategy for decarbonising oil heated homes’ underlines...

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Raising awareness – carbon monoxide and fossil fuels

Launching CO Awareness month in Northern Ireland at the beginning of November Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Month has been running throughout November. In Northern Ireland, OFTEC has been warning householders...

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RHI target – an unrealistic goal?

Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC Targets set out in the impact assessment produced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) state that Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will support...

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Making oil-heated homes more energy efficient

The OFTEC team joins the campaign to fight fuel poverty. Last winter (2012/13) there were 18,200 excess winter death in the UK, the majority of which were caused by living...

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Fuel poor left out in the cold

...change.” OFTEC will be discussing this report at the next Competent Persons Forum which will be hosted by the Department for Communities an Local Government on Friday 20th January. www.oftec.co.uk...

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Industry professionals debate heating strategies

...poll held at OFTEC’s annual conference last month, over three-quarters of those questioned were looking towards hybrid heating systems, with oil working in tandem with renewable technologies. A further 16%...

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A compelling case for oil-fired heating

...has been put forward by OFTEC in its response to the government’s ‘Heat in Buildings: The Future of Heat in Domestic Buildings’ consultation. OFTEC’s submission focused on the urgent need...

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Bungalow destroyed by tank fire

Find an OFTEC registered technician at www.oftec.org.uk/Consumers/FindTechnician In the wake of an oil tank fire which destroyed a bungalow in Belvoir, Belfast last week, OFTEC has again issued safety advice...

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Encouraging energy efficiency

OFTEC has launched a competition to help share the importance of energy efficiency with school children across Northern Ireland, with school pupils in Primary 5 being invited to join OFTEC...