by theEHP | Jul 21, 2011 | Sustainability
Householders across the country could get up to £1,250 of government funding to help towards the cost of installing renewable heating systems such as biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels.
by theEHP | Jun 30, 2011 | Sustainability
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has warned that a lack of creativity could lead to Scandinavian-style “eco-bling” homes dominating our neighbourhoods over the next five years, as housebuilders prepare to go zero carbon in 2016. He urged architects to go back...
by theEHP | Jun 22, 2011 | Sustainability
New figures released today reveal that nearly half of Britain’s homes do not have adequate basic insulation and are throwing away at least £100 in wasted energy payments every year. The Department for Energy & Climate Chage reported that the latest lagging...
by theEHP | Jun 21, 2011 | Sustainability
Ministers from the British Isles, Ireland, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man today signed up to a historic deal to cooperate on exploiting the major wind and marine resource in and around the islands. The states involved agreed to co-operate in the All Islands...
by theEHP | Jun 15, 2011 | Sustainability
Andrew Stunell has today insisted that carbon reduction measures must be taken to “green-up” the country’s existing housing stock to reduce its carbon footprint and save households considerable sums of money on their energy bills. Speaking at the...
by theEHP | Jun 10, 2011 | Sustainability
New generation tariffs for large-scale solar and anaerobic digestion under the Government’s green electricity scheme have been confirmed today (9th June). Today’s announcement follows the recent public consultation on large-scale solar and anaerobic digestion which...
