The real culprit of rising energy bills is a lack of investment in greener, better homes.
… Game of homes Bruce Davis | 14th November 2019 News … is a lack of investment in greener, better homes. Winter is coming. Millions of … attempt to ward off the cold in our draughty homes. For a country that moans more about the …
With continuing Coalition in-fighting over the troubled 'zero carbon homes' programme, writes Alex Stevenson, a plan is afoot to allow homes on smaller developments to meet a less demanding energy performance standard - but still carry the 'zero-carbon' label. Critics denounce the plan as 'nonsensical'.
… Critics denounce latest 'zero carbon homes' exemptions as 'nonsensical' Alex … in-fighting over the troubled 'zero carbon homes' programme, writes Alex Stevenson, a plan is afoot to allow homes on smaller developments to meet a less …
Green homes are changing the affordable housing market.
… Green homes for all Hayley Samu | 26th March 2019 … Housing Thought Leaders picture1.png Green homes are changing the affordable housing … EDGE , the complex will provide much-needed homes for low-income residents. Living in …
The Government has gutted its 'zero carbon home' standard - builders will be able to 'zero the carbon' through an offsetting scheme - rather than by installing more insulation, or renewable technologies like solar PV or solar water heating.
… caves in to developers on 'zero carbon' homes Oliver Tickell | 4th June 2014 News … The Government has gutted its 'zero carbon home' standard - builders will be able to … solar PV or solar water heating. 'Zero carbon homes' won't actually have to be zero carbon …
Buyers of new homes will pay £2 billion in higher bills after Zero Carbon Homes policy abandoned.
… Energy Bills thermalimaging.jpg Buyers of new homes will pay £2 billion in higher bills after Zero Carbon Homes policy abandoned. Former Chancellor … 2015 decision to scrap the Zero Carbon Homes policy is costing occupants of new-build …
There is no better time to put the 'green' into building than at the outset of the design phase, writes Ryan Kohn. And to get it there we need to raise awareness of sustainable technologies, and offer incentives, rather than loop-holes, for developers. Buyers too must learn to appreciate the long term value of green ... and demand the highest standards.
… Breaking the mould for eco homes Ryan Kohn | 16th August 2014 Ethical … to work with a blank canvas to create a home that balances liveability, style and … bar, can still meet Code 5 for Sustainable Homes regulations through careful, inventive …
We need a complete overhaul of housing policy in the UK.
… Upgrading our homes for people and planet Rebecca Newsom … in London and the South East. Huge numbers of homes are in disrepair all over the UK. Poor maintenance and insulation has led to UK homes being some of the most expensive to heat …
Rebuilding a house is hard enough – especially if you aren’t wealthy or insured – but it is far more challenging to rebuild a sense of home.
… Finding home after Paradise burned Nick Buxton | 14th … is far more challenging to rebuild a sense of home. Carol Dyer climbed into her car and … two hours north to see what was left of a home she had left in a panic exactly a year …
Low income households should be first in line for transformative, tenant-controlled rollout of efficient heating systems.
… of efficient heating systems. The UK’s homes are some of the leakiest in Europe. … Climate change think tank E3G reckon cold homes in Britain kill as many people each year … to think big when it comes to insulating our homes to help tackle this problem. Super …
Labour's 'Warm Homes for All' plan is the Green New Deal in action.
… Labour's home insulation plan Chris Saltmarsh | 4th … Makers 2202952_16af4df2.jpg Labour's 'Warm Homes for All' plan is the Green New Deal in … Parliament had even dissolved. The ' Warm Homes for All ' plan would create 450,000 jobs …
Labour promises to install loft insulation, double glazing and renewable and low carbon technologies in nearly 27 million homes by 2030.
… Labour 'will improve homes energy savings' Emma Bowden Sam Blewett … low carbon technologies in nearly 27 million homes by 2030. Jeremy Corbyn is proposing a move to upgrade almost every home in the UK with energy-saving measures to …
Lib Dems to prioritise fuel-poor households so all low-income homes are insulated by 2025 as election campaign heats up.
… fuel-poor households so all low-income homes are insulated by 2025 as election … billion over the next parliament insulating homes to tackle climate change and fuel … upgrade the energy efficiency of 26 million homes by 2030 with measures such as …
Energy efficiency options offer the potential to save money as well as do what's better for the planet - but how can we highlight these benefits to consumers?
… steps to reduce the amount of energy that a home, appliance or electronic device uses. … the device function — i.e., insulating a home so that the HVAC system doesn't have to … available that make building energy efficient homes more attractive to the average consumer. …
Weather Energy reports the wind power output from Scottish turbines hit a record high.
… Scottish wind could power English homes Douglas Barrie | 15th July 2019 News … north of the border could power every home in Scotland and reach the North of … which could also power double the number of homes in Scotland. Figures from Weather Energy …
Sustainable improvements for energy efficiency are far more affordable when homeowners take a strategic approach to their changes.
… Sustainable home changes with impact Emily Folk | 21st May … News Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Green Home Thought Leaders Energise Africa project … efficiency are far more affordable when homeowners take a strategic approach to their …
... in case there is none tomorrow. Nasser Nawajah wrote this open letter to Israel's economics minister Naftali Bennett - leader of The Jewish Home - about the water starvation suffered by Palestinians.
… Naftali Bennett - leader of The Jewish Home - about the water starvation suffered by … sure that you have visited very close to my home. My neighbors from the settlement of … and my village. That 'ancient city' was my home I live in the village of Susya, which is …
Somerset is experiencing its most significant flooding in decades. As the political right calls for ever more dredging, Karen Potter trawls Defra's archives ... and finds a shocking history of sound policy sacrificed to short term political expediency.
… beavers as the solution to prevent more homes from being flooded. But those with … ambitious plans to build 3 million new homes by 2020. Inevitably, it was said, so … defences were in place, some of these new homes would be built on floodplains. David Orr …
Thousands take up challenge to go wild every day in June.
… families, schools, businesses and care homes throughout the UK have signed up to … for everyone, throughout the year.” Care homes This year 30 Days Wild is encouraging care homes to share the joy of nature with their …
The experience of visiting a zoo is about to change dramatically, writes Robert Young. But far more important than the visitor, zoos will create a far richer, more diverse and stimulating environment for the animals that inhabit them.
… and now tigers greater freedom of movement. Home range The way animals use space in the … call the space a wild animal uses its home range or its territory. I have travelled … continents and even to the North Pole, so my home range is the whole planet. But because I …
The Kenyan government has begun to forcibly evict tens of thousands of Sengwer indigenous people from their ancestral forest lands and burn their homes, food stores and belongings to the ground. The World Bank wrings its hands.
… Forests World Bank Kenya torched-sengwer-home.png The Kenyan government has begun to … their ancestral forest lands and burn their homes, food stores and belongings to the … out evictions and burnings of Sengwer homes. This injunction was renewed in November …
Climate change campaigners are gearing up for action on an international day of protest on 15 April by encouraging activists to hold talks in their homes.
… Extinction Rebellion 'begins at home' Catherine Early | 26th March 2019 News … encouraging activists to hold talks in their homes. Small venues are just as good as big … group have experimented with holding talks in homes, which “creates more space for the …
Barys Piatrovich recalls the tension of unknowing during the days that followed the Chernobyl disaster. Today, barely any of the evacuees are still alive. Dispersed throughout the country, they died alone and unnoticed, statistically insignificant.
… meanwhile there I am, walking round the town, Homel, amazed by the wind: where has it come … I well remember that day and that evening in Homel, 26 April 1986, I remember that I was … ... That was the day terror came to hang over Homel, over Palessie, over the whole Earth, …
Communities facing around Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport are facing huge land grabs for a vast airport city that will line the pockets of powerful officials, politicians and developers, but leave them with nothing, writes Rose Bridger. Now, faced with official abuse and police brutality, they are fighting back with street protests and art projects.
… area and 46,000 residents face losing their homes and land. Many of these people do not … Aerotropolis development is encroaching on homes and farmland. Some residents explained … more to earn sufficient money to build their homes, and that the compensation offered by …
Flame retardant chemicals lower children's IQs, disrupt hormone function and cause a host of other health problems, writes Pat Thomas. Yet they are ubiquitous in homes and offices, even in bedding and accessories for babies and young children.
… writes Pat Thomas. Yet they are ubiquitous in homes and offices, even in bedding and … and mammals. But they are still there in homes and offices - even shops While some … and in our bodies. As a result nearly all homes and offices are still polluted with …