AF62 wrote:Itsallaguess wrote:
What if any improvement-costs didn't deliver any actual savings from bills, but instead provided more comfort throughout the home than you used to have, from even the same ongoing outlay?
I doubt any energy reduction measure could produce *more* comfort but some systems or devices might minimise a reduction in comfort whilst providing savings (unless you are talking about effectively rebuilding the property with massive amounts of insulation and continuously running underfloor heating powered by ground source heating, which may reduce ongoing outlay but at huge initial expense).
No, I was talking more about this TRV situation, where it might previously have been the case that a large house with a large central heating system might have been difficult to control effectively in terms of how and when parts of the house are used, when that system might be giving out heat.
If, for a given kWh output staying the same, one house is heating areas of it that are not being used at any given time of day, but a house of exactly the same configuration, but with more intelligent TRV's with regards to timing periods is able to
modulate those areas of that house that aren't being occupied
down, in terms of heat demand, then for a similar heating cost across both houses, we might expect the second house to have warmer, more comfortable rooms
that are being given heat by that more intelligent TRV control system...
That was the point I was trying to make - is a focus on pure, financial 'cost savings' perhaps not the only consideration when it comes to potential investment in this type of kit...?
The money spent on gas might well stay the same following any investment, but if you end up with a home that heats
the parts of it when and where you're actually using it, in a more intelligent way, then if those living spaces are warmer and more comfortable than they used to be
because of that improved control system, then 'comfort' still sounds like a worthwhile consideration to me, outside of just looking for potential savings on bills....
Cheers,
Itsallaguess