Mark Kelly, CEO of Baxi Group UK & Ireland, and the rest of Baxi Group's UK board of executives have added their names to a petition to urge the Prime Minister to create a Boiler Scrappage scheme, similar to the Car Scrappage scheme introduced earlier this year. Many Baxi Group employees have also backed the campaign by signing the petition.
Mark Kelly said: "There are approximately 16 million standard efficiency boilers operating in UK homes today. Of these, 4.2 million [according to HHIC] are SEDBUK band G boilers.
"Replacing these boilers with high efficiency boilers will help to reduce carbon emissions and annual fuel bills for homeowners. Any support that can be provided to accelerate the replacement of these older boilers would be of benefit to the homeowner and the wider economy.”
The scheme was started by plumbers' merchant Mick Williams. On his website www.reheatbritain.org.uk he explains why he started the campaign.
"Replacing these old boilers with modern condensing gas boilers and controls could save millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide pouring into our atmosphere each year.
"The construction industry has also been particularly badly hit in this recession and there have been many, many redundancies in manufacturing, distribution, builders and installation companies. This is a double whammy for the government as every redundancy could mean less tax collected and more benefits to pay out.
"This scheme would stimulate demand for gas boilers and help manufacturers, plumbers' merchants and Gas Safe heating engineers. Millions of these old boilers could be replaced by modern boilers which are more than 90% efficient and, with proper controls on the system, annual savings of more than £200 could be saved on the household gas bill (according to the Energy Saving Trust).”
Sign the petition here or visit Reheat Britain to find out more about the scheme and who is supporting it.
