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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...
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The £50 Energy Savings challenge
David Blevings, Ireland manager of OFTEC As Northern Ireland’s energy companies joined together to celebrate Energy Aware Week last week, OFTEC issued an “energy savings challenge” to householders that could...
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Carbon monoxide poisoning – are your customers aware?
Oil customers should get their boiler checked annually by an OFTEC registered technician and fit a carbon monoxide detector in their home says OFTEC’s Malcolm Farrow This year’s Carbon Monoxide...
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Putting some fire into Cold Homes Week
...at www.oftec.org/consumers/keeping-warm-saving-money. With many thousands of standard efficiency boilers in need of upgrade, OFTEC has written to the government calling for the introduction of a simple oil boiler scrappage scheme,...
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Free advice for Welsh businesses in preparation for March 2020 deadline
...their existing oil storage is sufficient. The key goal is to ensure the protection of the Welsh rural surface and groundwater against pollution. For OFTEC registered technicians in Wales http://www.oftec.org.uk/Consumers/FindTechnician...
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The case for low carbon fuels
...alternative fuel before 2035,” said OFTEC CEO Paul Rose. OFTEC’s response also highlights the harsh realities of decarbonising off-grid housing stock -over 70% of rural properties have unfilled cavity or...
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Alarm bells raised by ‘beast from the east’
“While OFTEC in principal supports government’s desire to reduce carbon emissions, this cannot be at the expense of energy security,” says Paul Rose, OFTEC chief executive The impact of the...
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Low carbon fuels are deliverable
At last month’s OFTEC conference the agenda was dominated by decarbonisation, with delegates keen to hear the results of OFTEC’s biofuels research. Closing the conference on a positive note, OFTEC...
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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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Irish households urged to ‘spring clean’ their home heating
OFTEC is encouraging households in Ireland to spring into action this National Home Improvement Month. With 4 in 10 Irish households using oil as their main heating source, homeowners are...
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Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies
“We must focus on solutions that will address the unique issues associated with hard to treat rural properties,” says OFTEC’s CEO Paul Rose As a new report shows the number...
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Spring 2017 – a new quality mark – unanswered questions
...begin late spring. Commenting after the meeting, OFTEC registrations director Adrian Lightwood said: “OFTEC has always championed the importance of high industry standards alongside consumer confidence and so fully supports...
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Preserving the oil market…..
...to helping OFTEC continue the challenge of preserving the oil market, encouraging the uptake of high efficiency oil-fired appliances and growing the combination of oil and renewable solutions.” www.oftec.org www.worcester-bosch.co.uk...
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New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
“The fact that fuel poverty levels are already higher in rural locations makes government proposals to omit oil boilers from the next round of ECO even more nonsensical,” says OFTEC...
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A victory for oil heating
...European Commission published the draft Energy-related Products Directive six years ago, the future of the oil-fired heating sector looked bleak. Following a long campaign OFTEC has won a ‘significant victory’....
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Calls for an energy efficiency and carbon reduction policy
...of F and G and OFTEC says more needs to be done to urgently improve the energy efficiency of these properties. “OFTEC continues to urge government to rethink the UK’s...