Re: Payback time for energy saving techniques

MikeinCamden@xxxxxxx wrote:
Per Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Solar heating 208 years
Double glazing 124 years
Condensing boiler 38 years
Loft insulation 13 years
Hot water cylinder and pipework insulation 38 years

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You have to be careful with such calculations, as technology moves quickly,
and while it might cost to *add* energy saving devices, but if you design
new builds from the beginning with the technology it doest take anywhere
near such amounts of time.

Gaz


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