Written question asked by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 February 2015. It was answered by Amber Rudd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 February 2015 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Heating

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the potential average reduction in household energy consumption from installing smart heating controls.

Answer: Smarter heating controls have the potential to improve usability and enable more efficient home energy management. However, there is currently a lack of independently verified evidence on the average reduction in household energy consumption from installing smart heating controls. DECC is now working with energy suppliers and heating control manufacturers to explore how we can develop robust evidence on the impacts of different smart heating controls on energy consumption.

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