Worcester Bosch News
Along with their Coalition members, they have launched a new progress report in Parliament, which calls on Government and industry to work together to ensure the UK is to succeed in decarbonizing its 29 million homes. ‘Home is Where the Heat is – Progress Report’ sheds much-needed light on the importance of customer-first approaches to the home retrofitting industry, by showcasing the real-life experiences of nine households from Tyne & Wear to Pontypool. Increasingly imp...
Some 38% of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from residential housing, specifically heating and cooling systems. Given the goal of ‘net-zero’ carbon emissions by 2050, new approaches have emerged to achieve that target. Some of the solutions currently being evaluated include the use of hydrogen as a replacement fuel, to store electricity from solar or wind power, or in fuel cells that use an electrochemical process combining hydrogen and oxygen to produce electrical energy and water....
The Sustainable Homes and Buildings Coalition, consisting of NatWest, Worcester Bosch, British Gas, and Shelter, has released its first comprehensive report titled ‘Home is where the Heat is.' The report ‘Home is where the Heat is’ directly engages with consumers, going into clear detail on how the UK can decarbonize homes and buildings across the UK. The aim is to place consumers at the heart of the conversations and ensure they have a better understanding of the technology o...
The Heat and Buildings Strategy has been published which recognizes that to meet net zero, there is a huge decarbonization effort required with how buildings are heated. This presents huge opportunities for jobs, growth and technological advancements, if carried out correctly. However the priority for Government and those like themselves in the industry is to identify how all consumers’ needs can be met. There are still barriers we must overcome that this strategy does not yet solve. re...
Sustainability is a huge topic, and all are aware of the need to be more sustainable in one's own lives to help protect the future. However, new research launched to coincide with Gas Safety Week has found that many consumers in the UK are wary of welcoming hydrogen gas-fired boilers in their homes, while over half of Brits quite accepting of this technology and its environmental benefits. Sustainable and environmental credentials The findings also revealed that almost 9 out of 10 homeowners...
Worcester Bosch is delighted to announce that they have been awarded a Which? endorsement for the twelfth consecutive year, with the gas and oil boiler, ranges being ‘Top Rated’ in the industry. The annual Which? report released, revealed that the company is the top-rated boiler brand for owners, with survey respondents acknowledging the brand’s consistency year on year. Reliability Worcester Bosch has also been awarded a QuietMark status for 2000, Greenstar 4000 gas b...
As a business Worcester Bosch is continuously innovating and investing to reduce the impact across the globe, the brand new Greenstar 4000 boiler series has 100% recyclable packaging, and of course, still comes with all of the reliability and performance a user would expect from a Worcester Bosch boiler. Energy Efficiency The new Greenstar 4000 is the most environmentally friendly boiler to date. It features improved energy efficiency, where the boiler is able to turn down its output, this is...
On Earth Day 2021, Worcester Bosch has launched a new children’s storybook A Robot Called B4, a brand-new adventure book for children aged 7-11, available in both audiobook and hard copy formats. A Robot Called B4 tells the endearing story of Alfie and Ava, two children who discover a robot in the shed of Alfie’s new house. Little do they know, the robot can travel through time and takes Alfie and Ava along on an epic adventure to the prehistoric era where dinosaurs lurk at eve...
Baxi Heating and Worcester Bosch are proud to be able to showcase hydrogen boilers in the UK’s first 100% Hydrogen Home public demonstration. The project will demonstrate the use of hydrogen-fuelled appliances in a real-world setting, and signals a clear step in the progression of clean, sustainable hydrogen technology for heating, hot water and cooking in UK homes. The innovative semi-detached properties, built in partnership with Northern Gas Networks, the Government’s Depa...
Boiler manufacturers Baxi Heating and Worcester Bosch have installed hydrogen burning boilers at ‘HyStreet’, in specially built demonstration houses at DNV GL’s specialist test site at Spadeadam in Northumberland, United Kingdom. The site has been used to complete over 200 tests, researching and proving the safety of converting homes and gas networks to hydrogen. The project is part of H21, a Network Innovation Competition project sponsored by Ofgem. Northern Gas Networks is l...
Worcester Bosch is delighted to announce that it has become the first boiler brand to have been awarded the Which? Best Buy endorsement ten times since 2009, enhancing its reputation for reliability and satisfaction following exceptional feedback from both homeowners and engineers once again. Scores based on engineer recommendation, ease of servicing, fixing a common fault, availability of parts and spares and build quality have seen Worcester Bosch perform exceptionally to achieve Which? Best...
Around the world, people are flocking from rural areas to cities. By 2050, there will be more than six billion people living in megacities, twice as many as now. Over the same period, the volume of urban traffic is set to increase threefold, not least because the continuing boom in online commerce will feed further growth in delivery traffic. A denser population and more traffic mean deteriorating air quality. Across the globe, from Paris to Shanghai, major cities face an enormous challenge, wh...
For more than 50 years, Worcester Bosch has developed pioneering heating and hot water appliances to warm homes across the UK. The brand new boiler range features a modern new design with innovative new features that helps to keep the home both warm and stylish. The new Lifestyle range contains the most powerful wall-hung combi boilers on the market. Capable of effortlessly heating homes of any size. It even comes with up to a 10-year guarantee and the renowned reliability of Worcester Bosch....
The Greenstar Lifestyle range has arrived, and it is beautiful. For more than 50 years now, Worcester Bosch has been developing pioneering heating and hot water appliances to warm homes across the UK. Their brand new boiler range features a modern new design with innovative new features that help to keep homes both warm and stylish at the same time. Greenstar Lifestyle combi boilers The new Lifestyle range contains the most powerful wall hung combi boilers on the market. Capable of effortlessl...
Worcester Bosch, renowned boiler manufacture based in the United Kingdom, has announced a major change to its training program. With 16,000 installers passing through its Training Academy each and every year, it was decided that it was time to over-haul the courses. The re-hauled program has a topic-specific course instead of just focusing on a singular boiler range. Topics include Specification; Installation and Commissioning; Service and Maintenance; and Fault Finding and Repair, among others...
Following the success of Worcester Bosch’s earlier promotions, the company has announced extending the guarantee offer for its top-of-the-line Greenstar gas and oil boilers installed with a Greenstar System Filter until December 31st 2019. The extended guarantees will give users peace of mind when recommending the company’s award-winning Which? Best Buy boilers to potential customers. Martyn Bridges, the Director of Technical Communication and Product Management, Worcester Bosch, sa...
As part of Worcester’s community outreach work, the global manufacturer offered housing associations, in attendance at the 2017 ‘Fuelling Efficiency’ conference in London, the chance to win a new Worcester boiler. Saxon Weald, a not-for-profit housing association that manages approximately 6,000 homes across Sussex and Hampshire, was chosen as the lucky winner and immediately put forward the BIRT managed house in Storrington, West Sussex. Having dependable heating and hot wat...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has appointed the Institute of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) to develop hydrogen standards for ‘Hy4Heat’. ‘Hy4Heat’ is a range of inter-related work packages that will form a feasibility study to establish whether it is safe, practical and technically possible to employ hydrogen as a zero-carbon replacement for the natural gas that we currently use. Alternative fuel source feasibility study Martyn B...
Temperatures in the UK are becoming increasingly unstable. The extreme fluctuations that are now being experienced, particularly during the winter months, have strengthened the case for a more widespread use of sophisticated heating controls. So how can heating controls help customers get-ahead of swinging temperatures? Greenstar Sense II weather compensator When weather systems like the ‘Beast from the East’ strike, heating controls that can automatically respond to cooling house...
Worcester Bosch has announced that it has been at the top of the Which? Best Buy league table for nine years on the trot for their innovative line of gas boilers. They also said that they have secured Which? Best Buy status for all of their oil boilers for this year as well. An excellent brand score tops off the accolades received by the company from the Which? report. Worcester Bosch gas boilers recognized Which? Trusted Traders rated Worcester Bosch highly across several criteria Which? Tru...
Worcester Bosch announced enhancements to their oil boiler range, which includes the Greenstar Danesmoor Regular, System and Utility models, as well as the Greenstar Heatslave II and Heatslave II External, to meet the requirement of lower NOx emissions under the ErP Directive, which came into effect in September 2018. Danesmoor and Greenstar oil boilers Enhancement to the Greenstar range has led to the creation of a transparent flame-producing, ‘hybrid burner’ The external body of...
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) now includes mandatory individual room temperature controls ‘where technically, economically and functionally feasible’. Individual room temperature controls, such as Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRVs), must now be installed either during the construction of new buildings, or when boilers are replaced. The benefits of TRVs are enhanced further when paired with smart controls, such as the new Bosch EasyControl Thermostatic Radiat...
