Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- What is R-Value, U-Value and how do they relate to insulation? Wed, 3 May 17, 10:09amHow the R-value of a buildings insulation or home is calculated and the factors that effect the final R value, and how to use it.
- New rules give households right to sell solar power back to energy firms Sun, 9 Jun 19, 6:00pmGovernment also wants to encourage people with rooftop panels to install batteriesBritain’s biggest energy companies will have to buy renewable energy from their own customers under new laws to be introduced this week.Homeowners...
- Renationalise the grid and watch energy prices rise, warns boss Thu, 16 May 19, 10:25pmNational Grid chief says Labour policy will also stall move to cleaner energy as firm unveils £1.8bn profit
- Green gas and the question of digestion | Letters Tue, 30 Apr 19, 2:57amSimon Richards says the science behind green gas manufacture is straightforward, we just need a government with guts. ffinlo Costain thinks energy companies should be more upfrontYour article (Energy: 1m British homes are...
- MPs turn heat on ministers amid boiler installation slowdown Thu, 21 Feb 19, 11:57pmCritics warn of ‘chronic public health crisis’ as green initiative leaves homes in the cold
- Energy bills: are your cuppas costing more than you thought? Sat, 9 Feb 19, 6:30pmThe UK uses more electricity on kettles that we do an oven. We could cut the cost in half
- Record numbers switched energy provider last year amid price hikes Mon, 21 Jan 19, 11:01amAbout 5.8m households moved to another electricity supplier, up 6% from 2017
- Lightbulb moment: ‘I pay just £14 a year – and you can too’ Sat, 19 Jan 19, 6:45pmA retired engineer has slashed his lighting bill by using LED bulbs – why isn’t everyone doing it?
- Solar panel users to be paid for excess power – but will need to wait Tue, 8 Jan 19, 10:53pmPeople who instal solar from April will have to give away surplus until scheme launches
- Dutch eco initiative halves energy bills in first UK homes Tue, 8 Jan 19, 1:00amNottingham pioneers ‘Energiesprong’ after it wins £5m funding from EU
- Let’s make 2019 the year of a green new deal | Letters Fri, 4 Jan 19, 5:09amRichard Murphy and Colin Hines suggest a number of ways that revenue could be raised to fund energy efficiency in all buildings, renewables and local transport systemsThe counter to Larry Elliott’s gloomy economic projections...
- What is the energy price cap and how does it work? Wed, 2 Jan 19, 7:50pmThe government’s price cap on standard rate energy bills comes into effect today
- What is the price cap and how does it work? Tue, 1 Jan 19, 3:49amThe government’s price cap on standard rate energy bills comes into effect today
- UK hit by 57 energy price rises in 2018 as cap looms Fri, 28 Dec 18, 11:01amThis year is worst for number of increases, with average of £74 added to annual dual fuel bills
- Questions over energy firms’ £58m debt to renewables obligation scheme | Letters Mon, 17 Dec 18, 2:33amTo protect customers, renewables obligations need to be managed as commercially as networks and wholesale markets, writes Stephen LittlechildReport: UK householders pick up bill for bust energy firmsThe energy regulator Ofgem...
- Homeowners trapped by 25-year solar panel contracts Sun, 25 Nov 18, 7:00pmHouseholders who lease their roofs to power firms find it hard or costly to move home