National Standards

The heating industry provides designers and specifiers with a wide range of advice and guidance on acceptable and best practice heating system solutions, all aimed at maximizing performance and energy efficiency.

In the main these are based around the requirements of 'wet' heating systems, which do not always translate appropriately for electric.

In this section you can find details of:

  • the minimum standards for heating system required by the NHBC and how these should be interpreted for electric heating
  • the Energy Savings Trust’s good practice guide for homes heated by electricity
  • DOM8 and DOM 9 – the electric heating industries guidance for the design of electric space and water heating systems.