The use of heating controls has been pivotal to the increasing energy efficiency of domestic and commercial heating systems. The standards of controls now regulated are high, and there are minimum controls requirements for existing systems when boilers and cylinders are replaced.

It is predicted that these standards will become even higher in the future as the Building Regulations Part L reflects the increased environmental targets of the UK Government. To meet these and other market demands BEAMAEnergy members are constantly developing new products, for instance the best controls for condensing boiler systems.

BEAMAEnergy is doing much good work to promote the energy efficiency benefits of metering in the UK via the demonstration of the value of energy savings from small pilots and from other overseas markets. The basic concept is to give householders as much information as possible concerning their energy use, so enabling them to judge the correct heating or appliance-use regimes.

Some metering systems in the UK have shown savings of up to 10%.