Up to £30,000 in annual heating savings, at zero upfront cost.
An ESOS-aligned heating efficiency programme for UK commercial buildings over 5,000 m². We install patented technology, monitor savings against a verified baseline, and split them with you 50/50. You pay nothing if your bills do not fall.
Most large commercial buildings are losing 15 to 20% of their heating spend to a problem ESOS audits rarely flag.
Inside any wet heating system, dissolved nitrogen and oxygen form microbubbles that line the inside of pipes and radiators. They act as insulation. Boilers run harder, heat output drops, bills rise, and the issue rarely surfaces in standard energy assessments because most ESOS audits focus on plant efficiency, not water-side fluid dynamics.
The technology we install removes those gases continuously, lifts radiator and emitter surface temperature by 10 to 12 degrees, and protects the system from the corrosion that produces magnetite sludge. Lower bills, longer asset life, and a verified, ESOS-quality savings record for your reporting.
VorteXtract: a one-time install that runs for the lifetime of the building.
CHEP is an independent operator that deploys VorteXtract, a patented vortex-based heating system optimiser, into the wet heating systems of UK commercial estates, hotels, care homes, and farms.
The unit uses your existing circulation pump to spin the heating water into a vortex. The low-pressure zone at the centre draws dissolved gases out of solution. The gases are collected and vented continuously. No moving parts. No consumables. 40+ year working life.
Compatible with any wet system: gas, oil, biomass, heat pump, district heating, and hybrid configurations. Once installed, the unit works automatically through every heating season for the lifetime of the asset.
| Heating cost reduction | 15 to 20% (typical) |
| Carbon emissions reduction | ~20% (typical) |
| Radiator surface temperature | +10 to 12°C |
| Dissolved oxygen post-treatment | ~0.2 ppm (inert) |
| System lifespan extension | +6 to 7 years |
| Product lifespan | 40+ years |
You take no financial risk. We take all of it.
We fund the installation
The unit, the engineer time, the commissioning, the monitoring kit. All paid for by us. There is no invoice from CHEP at install.
We measure the savings
Twelve months of pre-install consumption data become your baseline. Post-install consumption is monitored against a degree-day-adjusted forecast. The methodology is auditable.
You share the savings
50% of every verified pound saved goes to you, recurring, for the duration of the agreement. If there is no saving, there is no payment.
What this looks like in a real commercial estate.
9,400 m² mixed-use commercial building
Typical result. Site-specific savings depend on building footprint, occupancy pattern, and baseline plant efficiency. Verified using the IPMVP Option C methodology with 12 months of pre-install data and degree-day adjustment.
What you get for free, with no obligation.
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Site visit by a qualified heating engineerVisual inspection of plant room, system age and condition assessment, dissolved gas indication test where access allows.
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12-month consumption baselineAnalysis of your last 12 months of meter data to establish the verified baseline that any savings calculation will reference.
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Site-specific savings projectionA forecast of the annual saving range your site can realistically achieve, based on system characteristics and consumption profile.
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Written proposal and contract draftIf your site qualifies, you receive a one-page proposal and the EPC contract for review by your finance team or solicitor.
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No obligation to proceedYou can decline at any stage. The site visit, baseline analysis, and projection are yours to keep.
The questions Estates and FD teams ask first.
What does the programme actually cost the business?
Nothing upfront. Nothing at install. Nothing if your bills do not fall. We invoice only against verified savings, and only for our 50% share. If your bills go up due to colder weather or a tariff change, the methodology degree-day-adjusts the comparison so you are not penalised.
How does this fit with our ESOS Phase 4 reporting?
The unit reduces gas consumption and carbon emissions by approximately 20%. Our monitoring methodology produces verified pre/post consumption data, suitable for inclusion as an implemented energy efficiency action under ESOS reporting and aligned to ISO 50001 documentation requirements.
How does it interact with our existing BMS?
The unit is hydraulically inline and does not require BMS integration to operate. Where you have an open BMS, our monitoring kit can feed data into it for unified reporting. Where it is closed, our portal carries verified consumption data independently.
How long is the agreement and what happens at the end?
Typically a five to seven year shared-savings term. The unit remains the property of the building owner at the end of the agreement, continuing to generate savings at no further cost. Specific terms are set in the EPC contract.
What about multi-tenant buildings or leased estates?
The programme is most cleanly run where the freeholder or head leaseholder pays the heating bill. For sub-metered tenant buildings we work with the landlord on either common-area heating (lobbies, corridors, common plant) or a single-tenant arrangement. We assess fit during the free assessment.
Who is CHEP and how is this funded?
The Commercial Heating Efficiency Programme is operated by an independent commercial entity. We are not a government scheme, statutory body, or public authority. The programme is privately funded and recovers cost solely from the share of savings generated post-install.
See what your building could be saving.
Fill the form for a callback within one working day, or book a 15-minute discovery call directly in our calendar.
Prefer to book directly?
If you would rather skip the form, pick a 15-minute slot for a discovery call with our programme lead. We use the time to confirm fit, walk through the assessment, and answer any questions before any site visit is scheduled.
No sales pitch. No pressure. If your site is not a fit we will tell you.