Greening your home can save you energy and money as well as making it healthier and lowering its carbon footprint
… Ethical Living Green Living Climate Change Energy Efficiency Insulation Renewable Energy Lighting Eco Paints green-your-home.jpg … Greening your home can save you energy and money as well as making it …
The claims for biofuels make it seem truly a wonder crop. Mark Anslow separates the wheat from the chaff
… Ethanol Bio-diesel Refinery Oil Transport Energy Crops Industrial Bio-fuels Green Living Climate Change Energy Investigates_14.jpg The claims for … research showing that biofuels give out less energy when burnt than was used in their …
In the latest in his exclusive series examining ethical businesses, Peter Salisbury reports on the rise of the leading eco-electricity supplier - and hears how it all started with a cocktail
… Green Business: Good Energy Peter Salisbury | 4th May 2011 Ethical Living Energy Green Living Good Energy Electricity Renewables Power …
Carbon Coach Dave Hampton completely ignores Matilda Lee’s thermostat and heads stright for her lightbulbs.
… Electricity Green Lifestyle Green Living Energy Science And Technology … two, I was confident that my very first ‘home energy audit’ would bring no surprises. Dave … it into my living room lamp. ‘Ever seen an energy-efficient lightbulb?’ he asked. Well …
Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget
… LSE's Anne Power: my recipe for 80 per cent energy savings in your home Matilda Lee | 3rd March 2010 Comment Energy Green Living Interviews Anne Power … School Of Economics Decc Pay As You Save Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Carbon …
Just change your electricity supplier and help fight climate change. Sounds too good to be true. Is it?
… Plants Telecoms Consumerism Green Living Energy Archive_86.jpg Just change your … years now I'd been with a company called Good Energy (it was known as Unit-E when I joined), … I looked at one of my old bills. On it Good Energy declared that it was 'committed to …
The Green Deal bill, due to be announced in the next two months, will allow consumers to shift the upfront costs of energy efficiency measures, such as loft insulation, to suppliers
… Green energy bill will let consumers gamble on … industrial editor | 11th November 2010 News Energy Insulation Heating Home Green Living … Deal bill, the costs of making your home energy efficiency could be paid up front by …
One family's journey to turn a draughty, turn-of-the-century terrace into a snug paragon of eco efficiency
… Sue Wheat | 29th April 2010 Ethical Living Energy Green Living Ecoretrofit Energy-efficiency Ecohouse Household Carbon … Penney Poyzer Feed-in Tariff Renewable Energy Insulation Energy Savings Trust …
Sue immerses herself in the addictive world of ecogadgetry, including water-powered alarm clocks and a crash course in cooking with blankets...
… 13th August 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Energy Housing Eco Home Eco Retrofit Energy Saving Electricity Monitor Owl Monitor Kettle Nigel's Eco Store Energy Efficient Plug Solar Light Washing …
Public ownership of energy generation presents a vast, untapped potential for funding frontline services, empowering councils and tackling the climate crisis.
… | News Green Living Oil Industry Scotland Energy Sheeps on the Nigg Hill Side Scotland Public ownership of energy generation presents a vast, untapped … At this breaking point, public ownership of energy generation presents a vast, untapped …
Small, inexpensive changes can add up to big savings when it comes to greening a rental property
… | 17th June 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Energy Savings Rental Properties Insulation EPCs Low-energy Appliances Recycling Leds Ecotricity … make a big difference and save you money on energy bills in the process. Windows and doors …
From reducing energy consumption to a full-scale retrofit, Ruth Styles explains how to make your low carbon dream a reality
… Living Green Deal Retrofit Home Carbon Energy Saving Building Construction … Green Living holding.jpg From reducing energy consumption to a full-scale retrofit, … in the Autumn and public outcry at rising energy costs, retrofit is big news – and big …
Renewable energy, without doubt, is both driving and shaping the clean global economy of the future, writes Jeremy Leggett. But don't forget its equally essential partner: closing the consumption loop to create a truly circular economy in which there is no longer any such thing as 'waste', only resources we are not yet smart enough to use.
… Renewable energy and the circular economy - transforming … Leggett | 1st February 2017 Comment Waste Energy Renewables Recycling go-circular-cut.jpg Renewable energy, without doubt, is both driving and …
Ofgem's attempts to help consumers identify which electricity suppliers are really 'green' might lead to confusion, says energy watchdog
… Ecologist | 9th February 2010 News Renewables Energy Green Living blub.jpg Only tariffs … really 'green' might lead to confusion, says energy watchdog Only electricity suppliers who … electricity', under new rules from the UK energy regulator Ofgem. A green electricity …
In the second of a series of four blogs Clare Kendall discovers that fuel consumption by boat-dwellers is comparatively low and that energy is often more accessible than it is for those of us who live in buildings.......
… II. Clare Kendall | 21st August 2013 Comment Energy Consumption Green Living Boats … around them, commonly using solar and wind energy to power their 'homes'. In the second … boat-dwellers is comparatively low and that energy is often more accessible than it is for …
The world is in the grip of a 'fracking frenzy that threatens us for centuries to come with polluted aquifers, runaway climate change, destruction of biodiversity and worthless 'sub-prime' investments. Just as the world must make the transition to a sustainable future, our 'leaders' are determined to make this last losing throw of the fossil fuel dice.
… The search for unconventional fossil fuel energy sources is taking place against a … points and must rapidly decarbonise our energy system for these to be avoided. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), two thirds of the known …
Our lives are now so dependent on oil that it is impossible to conceive of a world without it. Before long, however, we will have no choice. The sooner we start planning for that reality, and changing the way we live, the better our chance of survival.
… | 1st October 2005 News Oil Petrol Fuel Cars Energy Future Oil Fuel International … Global Warming Ozone Layer Cars Green Living Energy Society CONSEQUENCESOIL_OCT05_MAIN.jpg … currently enjoy is entirely the gift of cheap energy. Cheap energy enables companies to …
As the Government commits to a high-tech revolution in the home - meters that can be read remotely and may help alter energy habits - questions are raised about data security... and whether any of us will be interested
… by 2020 The Ecologist | 19th June 2009 News Energy Science And Technology Green Living … that can be read remotely and may help alter energy habits - questions are raised about … A new Government initiative to update home energy technologies will mean Britain becoming …
The community of Machynlleth has gone beyond just investing in someone else’s wind turbine. They’ve clubbed together and planned, built and paid for one of their own.
… | 1st June 2004 News Hydropower Renewable Energy Biodiesel Turbine Making A Difference … Oil Solar Risk Power Plants Fuel Green Living Energy Archive_109.jpg The community of … you wanted something to move, or to grow, the energy you had to expend was your own. Across …
According to the Energy Saving Trust, the average UK household spends more than £870 per year on fuel and power, and produces around six tonnes of CO². £300 of this cost (and around two tonnes of CO²) could be saved by being more energy efficient.
… Six Home Energy Saving Tips Laura Sevier | 1st November 2007 Ethical Living Energy Saving Practical Green Saving Money Green Lifestyle Green Living Energy Green Living_14.jpg According to the …
Interface's sustainability model shows how large industrial companies can slash their carbon emissions and other environmental impacts without compromising profitability, reports Sophie Morlin-Yron. The key is to aim high!
… Corporations Green Economy Waste Recycling Energy fishing-net-cut.jpg Interface's … of its European facilities on 100% renewable energy since the beginning of 2014 - including … facilities in Scherpenzeel, Holland. The energy at the factory is produced by green gas …
German design, British location, tropical climate. Super-efficient PassivHaus construction makes for warmer homes and lower energy bills. So why aren't we all building this way?
… Living Home PassivHaus Architect Building Energy Insulation Green Building Company Green … construction makes for warmer homes and lower energy bills. So why aren't we all building … ethos is about embedding high levels of energy efficiency into the house while it is …