If you want to cut down on your heating bills and most people do then one option is to go for solar heating rather than conventional mains electricity or gas heating.
People are being encouraged to convert their home to help the environment and to cut down on costs. The initial outlay can be high but there are grants being offered to assist those people willing to convert. Changing should cut down your annual heating bills dramatically making the initial outlay not so bad. Solar heating works by placing panels in the roof which attract the light from the sun. This intern heats water stored in a tank to be used for central heating and water to wash up or bathe in. The amount of water you will be able to heat in this way depends on how much light there is. The energy is generated by the brightness from the sun not the heat.
On days when it is not so bright you would still have to rely on the conventional boiler to help out in heating the water. Looking to the future property developers are being encouraged to make new builds as energy efficient as possible and one way of doing this would be to build with solar heating panels.
So if you have the money available and are thinking of making some changes then have a look at different websites to get the best quotes available. You will find there are quite a few companies out there supplying and installing so shop around before making your decision.