The domestic central heating and insulation markets are set for a boost if plans to allow homeowners to borrow up to £10,000 for renewable energy home improvements go ahead. Announced within the last few days, the plans have been devised by the UK’s Green Building Council, which was asked to facilitate a workable strategy for […]
Owning and managing 21 operational wind farm sites across the UK, E.ON is the country’s leading developer/operator of this green renewable energy. Indeed, E.ON is the driving force behind the UK Government’s commitment to ensure by 2020, 15 million homes in the country are powered exclusively by wind farms. Although this target has been criticised […]
If you want to reduce your households carbon emissions, save money and cut energy consumption, but are finding it difficult to know how to proceed, the latest trial between the award winning energy saving company, AlertMe and a division of British Gas, may just be the answer. AlertMe have developed energy monitoring equipment that customers […]
Producing green energy via wind turbines is one of the driving objectives featured in the Government’s Low Carbon Transition Plan, which also outlines plans to increase nuclear power whilst supporting households that produce their own electricity, through solar panels, with cash bonuses. Unfortunately, wind farms in Great Britain have suffered from a lack of available […]
The Energy Saving Trust and the Environment Agency have today launched a joint report on the impact of wasteful domestic water usage on Britain’s carbon footprint. Whilst it is widely accepted that double glazing and loft insulation can significantly reduce the amount of energy that is wasted throughout the home, little attention is often paid […]
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The Government has recently published plans to considerably reduce the UK’s carbon footprint within the next forty years or so. Under the Low Carbon Transition Plan, by 2050 the UK ought to have curtailed its emission of harmful greenhouse gases by a massive 80%. Moreover, this is a staggered target containing earlier milestones that should […]
The BBC reports that thousands of people are will become susceptible to ‘fuel poverty’ in the coming years. The report, carried out by The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG), claims that more than four million people in the UK are already living in ‘fuel poverty’, and that the situation is going to get much worse. […]
Many of us, at some point, would have received those oddly shaped light bulbs from our energy supplier, that are not only unsightly, but certainly do not look like they would fit in an up-lighter so therefore are shoved in the back of a cupboard somewhere. However, do you know that each Low Energy Light-bulb […]
It has been announced recently that a method of converting human waste into biomethane is to be used as an alternative power source in the English city of Manchester. Under a joint project developed by United Utilities and the National Grid, which received funding for the scheme via Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural […]
Did you know that you might be paying more for your energy than your neighbour? Well, you don’t have to. Consumers in the UK have the option to choose their energy providers and there are many advantages to making the switch. When you change energy providers, you are not actually changing the electricity or natural […]
It’s a plain and simple fact that adding home insulation in any of its many forms will lower home energy costs immediately as well as for the future. There’s no time like the present to improve your comfort with cost-effective insulation and begin saving money. There’s no question that the energy costs of heating and […]
Caused by the incomplete burning of all carbon based fuels, Carbon Monoxide, otherwise known as CO is not only tasteless, colourless and odourless, it is also incredibly poisonous. Fuels that can create CO include oil, coal, wood and gas, and are perfectly safe to use, it is only in the case of them burning poorly […]
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If you live in England and your home is not properly insulated or your boiler and heating system is not as good as it should be, the Warm Front Scheme may be just what you need. With heating costs on the rise, it could save you a lot of money and at the same time […]
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In today’s modern world, we are often reminded about our impact on the environment with not just green charities and seemingly faddish green energy devices being thrust into our lives, but also the Government passing new laws and rules on how we consume energy in our homes. But, apart from the environmental benefits, why should […]
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Earlier this year, The Hermitage Project, a river boat community charity based on the Thames, teamed up with a leading environmentally friendly energy supplier to provide ‘green’ heat for its community. ISO Energy, which offers a range of sustainable energy systems, employed the use of a special German engineered heat pump that extracts heat directly […]
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When it comes to the boiler in your home it has to be serviced to keep it functioning properly. This means you have to know when to have the boiler serviced and how often to prevent problems before they occur. The servicing process Knowing what is involved in servicing will help to make the determination […]
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