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Rather appropriately on Cold Homes Week ministers have been told that reducing the number of cold, leaky houses in the UK should be made a national infrastructure priority. It seems there is now widespread, cross-party support for this. While this...
Now that we’re officially into autumn, it’s fast approaching that time of year again when many of us (myself included) start thinking about how soon is ‘too soon’ to stick the heating on. Having spent most of last week working...
This weekend, our Managing Director Russell Smith appeared on Debbie Hyde’s show on It’s All Good Radio, offering listeners advice on how to take control of their bills by using less and wasting less energy. To listen to the show, follow...
Why the DECC’s new RHI ‘calculator’ doesn’t quite tell you all you need to know……
By David Shewan July 31st, 2014
This week the DECC launched their RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive) ‘calculator’, with an aim of giving homeowners “a clear idea of the payments they could receive if they install a renewable heating system”. So…. does it do this? Well, yes...
The Renewable Heat Incentive eventually goes live...
Over the last few months, the debate over energy bills has led to lots of discussion on the internet and in the media about how to save energy at some. Some if it has been very useful, but there have...
Its been 2 months since my last blog update saying I was looking forward to the the first proper winter of energy monitoring. I’ve updated the graph below to show figures up to the 1st December energy use. Obviously the...