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Independent Advice On Improving Your Home

ENERGY SAVING

Take a look at your current energy usage and spending on gas and electricity. This can be used as a starting point for thinking about improving the insulation in your home and understanding what makes an energy efficient home.

Average Energy Consumption

Average Energy Consumption Calculator – England & Wales

Use the energy calculator below to see how your actual annual energy consumption compares to the average home in your area. It covers England and Wales and includes a gas and electricity cost … read more

LATEST NEWS

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£450 Million Boiler Upgrade Scheme Announced By Government

On 19 October 2021 the UK government announced a new 3-year scheme to help households replace an existing gas boiler with a heat … [Read More...]

Green Home Grant Voucher Scheme Closes 31 March 2021

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced the closure of the Green Home Grant voucher scheme. … [Read More...]

How Much Energy Do You Use?

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Average Energy Consumption In The Home – How Do You Compare?

We hear so much about average energy consumption in the media but what is average if homes are built in different centuries and with different numbers of bedrooms? Energy usage depends on a lot of … read more

Paying Too Much For Your Gas?

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Compare Gas Prices

In the last few years energy prices seem to have risen much faster than wages so more of us are looking at ways of reducing our spend on gas bills.Fortunately some help is now at hand. In June 2013 … read more

Energy Efficient Homes: An Overview

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Energy Efficient Homes: Eco Houses, Zero Carbon Homes, Passivhaus & EnerPHit

As the ink dries on the agreement from the latest climate change conference in Paris in December 2015 (otherwise known as COP 21 or Conference of the Parties number 21), it doesn't really matter what … read more

Mechanical Ventilation Heat Extraction (MVHE) System

Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery Systems (MVHR) Explained

MVHR (Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery) systems, sometimes referred to as whole house ventilation systems, are getting a higher profile in domestic properties as their value in improving energy … read more

Green Industrial Revolution and low carbon hydrogen

Hydrogen Heating Gets Boost In Government Green Industrial Revolution

The use of hydrogen as a fuel for heating in homes took a step forward yesterday (18 November 2020) with the UK government's announcement of extra funds to boost low carbon hydrogen. The overview was … reda more

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Building Regulations: Current U-values for Insulation in Homes

As there are a number of figures thrown around, relating to U-values in new homes or extensions it is worth a reminded of some of the figures used in current Building Regulations. Building … reda more

BTU calculator and radiator sizing calculator

Radiator Sizing Guide And BTU Calculator

The Great Home heat loss calculator gives a guide to the radiator size or wood burning stove output needed to keep a room warm on a cold day. It produces a breakdown and total of the surface and … read more

Practical Ways To Insulate Your Floor

Insulating using battens to support PIR thermal insulation board

Underfloor Insulation Of Suspended Timber Floors

Many older houses with suspended timber floors in the UK have big draughts and inadequate floor insulation; this can cause cold feet as well as higher energy bills. Installing underfloor insulation … read more

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Insulating A Suspended Timber Floor From Underneath The Floor

For those considering whether to insulate a suspended timber floor, this article describes our experiences installing PIR thermal insulation board from underneath the floor using the crawl space. For … read more

Thermal insulation board cut round joists either side of a sleeper wall

Insulating A Suspended Timber Floor From Above Floor

For those considering whether to insulate a suspended timber floor, this article describes our experiences installing PIR thermal insulation board by removing the floorboards and insulating from above … read more

Underfloor Insulation of Suspended Floor Using a Robot

Using Robotics for Underfloor Insulation of Suspended Timber Floors

The Government's July 2020 announcement of Green Home Grants (GHG) for homeowners of upto £5,000 to make energy improvements has increased the interest in underfloor insulation for suspended floors. … read more

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  • Green Home Grant Voucher Scheme Live 30 September 2020

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