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While we usually advise a lead-in time of around 1-2 weeks between signing up for our Home Energy Masterplan service and receiving a visit from one of our expert surveyors, we do strive to accommodate clients whenever possible. Still, it...
This week we’ve been in Scotland training up some Energy Assessors to carry out our Home Energy Masterplan surveys, meaning that we can extend our coverage area further. We also managed to tie this in with an actual Masterplan survey...
Home Energy Masterplan – a useful decision making tool when buying a house
By David Shewan October 4th, 2013
While the majority of our clients are homeowners looking to improve the energy efficiency of their existing property, we have recently seen an increase in the uptake of our Home Energy Masterplan services from forward-thinking potential buyers. As gas and electricity prices rise...
Why pay for our Home Energy Masterplan service when there are free energy advice tools online?
By David Shewan October 4th, 2013
There are various online tools, which anyone with a spare ten minutes can use to create a model of the energy use within their home. While we see these as a good way to promote energy efficiency and open peoples eyes to...
This week our Business Development Manager, Richard Griffiths, had his article “Creating a Low-Carbon Home of Your Own” published in Blue and Green Tomorrow‘s “The Guide to Sustainable Homes 2013“. Here the article is reproduced with their kind permission. With...
Whilst we support many of the underlying principle of Passivhaus design, we don’t believe that Passivhaus principle and design are the most suitable approach to retrofitting most of the UK’s buildings. Essentially this is for the following reasons: – Passivhaus...
I’ve also added the project to the Low energy building database where it compares very well to other buildings – check out the actual figures compared to Passivhaus houses (in warmer years).