This year’s Energy Saving Week has devoted a day to insulation but according to a new report by Thinkinsulation.com, 80% of UK homes could reduce their energy use through improved insulation.
Despite the high profile benefits of better insulation, 44% of homeowners have failed to improve the level of insulation in their homes over the last three years. Read more
Saving energy is becoming easier than ever before, according to Anna-Marie DeSouza, editor at Build It magazine.
Installing technologies such as air or ground source heat pumps are more affordable due to government incentives, she noted, but for consumers looking for an even easier way to become more energy efficient, ditching the tumble dryer is one small step. Read more
Band B boilers are to be banned from October 1st, homeowners have been warned.
From this date, installers will no longer be allowed to fit Band B condensed boilers into properties as part of changes to Part L of the UK building regulations. Read more
Southampton is to receive its first zero carbon homes after Southampton City Council gave plans for 11 new builds the go ahead.
The social housing will be built by Radian Housing and will all meet Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Read more
There’s an inevitability that green homes will increase in demand in the coming years.
This is the view of Gordon Miller, sustainability and communications director of Sustain Worldwide, an organisation that raises awareness of environmental and social sustainability. Read more
One of the UK’s largest zero carbon housing developments has been officially opened by energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne.
Greenwatt Way in Slough consists of ten properties, achieving Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Read more
Plans for a £136 million housing regeneration project in West Ealing, London, have been given the go-ahead.
Ealing Council has given the green light to the Green Man Lane development, which will see the demolition of an existing housing estate and the construction of 706 new flats and houses for a mixture of affordable rent, shared ownership and outright sale. Read more
Corby Borough Council is considering upgrading its stock of council homes with photovoltaic solar panels.
The council is in talks with utility companies about installing cells on roofs of properties as early as spring 2011, reports the BBC. Read more
One property expert has urged homeowners to replace their single-glazed windows with double glazing.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, George Clarke, presenter of Channel 4′s The Home Show and The Restoration Man explained: “When you look at the potential energy savings, every house in the country ought to be double glazed.” Read more
More than 12 million homeowners would be in line to save up to £1,000 a year, should they install solar panels, says British Gas.
The utility firm is the latest in a host of companies offering to install electricity-generating systems on homes to take advantage of a government scheme that pays the owners of solar panels for the ‘renewable’ electricity they generate. Read more
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