A multi-million-pound government drive to lower energy bills will tell households to turn their boilers down to 60C. The £18million public information campaign to be launched in the coming weeks will give tips on how to cut energy use this winter.
Advice includes telling households to turn down radiators in empty rooms and to draught-proof their windows and doors. They will also be told that they can reduce the temperature a boiler heats water to before it is sent to radiators - known as the boiler flow temperature - from 75C to 60C.
Following this advice could save a typical household £160 per year, according to the guidance to be published on the help for households website. A previous attempt to introduce a public information campaign on energy-saving measures was blocked under Liz Truss’s administration over concerns they were too “nanny state”.
