New heating and hot water energy label rules could boost renewables market

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Systems required to display a label rating from A+++ to G as of Saturday

All new hot water, heating systems and storage tanks will now be required to have energy efficiency labels, in a move that could drive investment in renewable heat technologies such as solar thermal panels....

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