By David Shewan March 25th, 2014
Unfortunately, ‘retrofitting’ buildings to make them more energy efficient is often a complex business – particularly when applied to older homes – so it can be hard to work out where to start. Most of the information out there is...
By David Shewan January 8th, 2014
We thought it would be interesting to work up a quick graphic of where we’ve carried out our award winning Home Energy Masterplan service throughout the UK. The image below shows the location of all Masterplan assessments carried out since...
By Chris Newman November 25th, 2013
Some back of the envelope calculations to work out the scale of the problem…just over 21% of our 22million dwellings were built before 1919. Obviously quite few houses up until around 1930 also had sash windows, but then quite a...
By Chris Newman January 15th, 2012
Our house had PVC windows almost throughout that were ill fitting and really didn’t suit the property. These have been replaced with new Building Regulation-standard double-glazed sash windows. The front ground floor bay was the only remaining original sash window...