By David Shewan November 26th, 2013
Statistics released by the Office for National Statistics today reveal that excess winter deaths were up 29% last year, with the UK experiencing a greater rate than other many other European countries – even those with much colder climates. Yet,...
By Chris Newman November 7th, 2013
The media tends to forget that some people are not on the gas network. Most who are off gas are acutely aware that this means high energy bills. But what are their options?
By Chris Newman October 4th, 2013
With the house almost finished from an energy point of view – a little bit of work on some ceiling spots left, I’ll be keeping a close eye on the meter readings during the upcoming heating season. I started taking...
By Chris Newman October 26th, 2012
We’ve just had a wood burning stove installed. It may turn out to be a bit of a luxury item but maybe not. To begin with we’ll have to restrict its use to when there is adequate full eyes on...
By Chris Newman August 9th, 2012
So what did we go with for our heat source? Biomass? Heat Pumps? Geothermal? Trombe walls with rotating phase change thermal drums (a wild idea from my past!)…… Well, after lots of analysis, it turns out that the best option for...
By Chris Newman December 11th, 2011
We’ve been making a lot of effort insulating and sealing up our house in order to save money on our bills and reduce our CO2 emissions….so there is no point punching lots of holes in it in the bathrooms and kitchen….equally...
By Chris Newman December 24th, 2010
So the results of the initial heating system analysis are in…for this analysis I haven’t carried out any behavioural or zoning analysis or changes to the shower heads. The model therefore has the whole house heated to 21 degrees – 2 heating...