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Calls to Bring Back the Boiler Scrappage Scheme



Boiler scrappage schemes are an easy way to encourage homeowners to trade in their old boiler to get a new energy efficient replacement. But whilst Scottish residents are able to benefit from such a scheme, energy customers in Britain are being overlooked.



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Back in November, the Heating and Hot water Industry Council (HHIC) instigated a push inside the industry, with demands the government to relaunch the scheme. But such efforts have to date fallen on deaf ears.

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The Boiler Scrappage Scheme was a government funded scheme built to support homeowners who wanted to replace their old and inefficient boilers. Introduced greater than two years ago, the scheme saw vouchers given to householders, offering £400 on the cost of a new boiler.



Spectacularly successful, it was a victim of its own success, to employ a standard cliché, primarily as the government had only set aside a limited budget towards raising understanding of the need for people to replace their old boilers and think more about energy efficiency in their homes. Some 133,976 vouchers were allocated, representing an overall total of 118,249 boiler replacements plus a considerable saving on carbon emissions was made. Then the money ran out, which brought a finish to the scheme.



Domestic heating boilers use a large amount of household energy. There are numerous estimates of simply how much, but it is pretty accurate to express that over half of the energy we use in our homes is perfect for heating and warm water. This meant that any government seriously dedicated to reducing the nation’s carbon emissions was going to have to deal with this problem, primarily by wanting to encourage householders to exchange their old boilers. There were a few conditions attached for eligibility for the scheme. To begin with you'd to have the least efficient boiler installed. Secondly, should you be under 60 the boiler needed to be working, but if you had been over 60 the boiler could be either working or defunct.



The scheme continues to be sadly missed in England, but has since been reintroduced in Scotland. This is because, according to the Energy Saving Trust, the Scottish Government has embarked using one of the most stringent carbon emission reduction targets in the world and the boiler scrappage scheme may be revived with the aid of £2 million price of Scottish government funding. One of the primary concerns of the Scottish government will be the large amount of people living in fuel poverty, using a recent survey revealing 41 percent of householders in Dumfries and Galloway were classed as fuel poor.



If perhaps the Westminster government would follow their example.