It’s the time of year for Ecobuild running at Excel in London (7-9.3.17), which reminds me of the presentation I gave 4 years ago about the complete Retrofit project at Hay Tor. I was giving the presentation together with 3 …
You are in the lucky position to have a well insulated attic/loft and would like some storage space without loosing the insulation value of the 250 – 300mm mineral wool up there. Here you go …….. Don’t put boarding directly …
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The Government has published the Housing White Paper on Tuesday and confessed that we are not building enough houses, so no news there. The White Paper – ‘Fixing our broken Housing Market’ is digging deeper into the issue then just …
The Belgian research station on Antarctica has been running without additional heating since it was built in 2009. A good level of insulation and air-tightness keep the cold out and body heat of the residents plus the energy off the …
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At last the Government is showing an interest in the renewable heating sector by increasing the rates for the RHI payments from this spring. Following the drastic cuts in payments over the last 2 years biomass is getting an increase …
A Guardian report has declared that 10% of the UK population are suffering from fuel poverty, so having to decide whether to keep warm or buy sufficient food. The figure is doubled In the privately rented sector at 20% of …
The long awaited report ‘Each Home Matters’ by Dr Peter Bonfield, which was completed by 31st March this year has finally been published and describes the way forward for future home improvement schemes. Dr Bonfield was asked by the previous …
Building a greenhouse around an existing home to keep it warm seems a novel idea, but has been successfully tried in Sweden and other countries. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/naturhus-wraps-a-house-in-its-own-private-greenhouse.html
I am proud to be winner of the Green Apple award in environmental best practice for residential construction and building. This price was awarded for the Retrofitting Project of Hay Tor, the conversion of a 1950’s concrete bungalow to a …
Here at Smart Energy Services we are able to pass on ideas about energy-efficiency within the home – but don’t forget there are also things to look at outside which can reduce your bills. Everyone is looking at ways of …