Blogposts tagged 'Insulation'

It's time to make all homes and businesses more energy efficient

Posted by petespeller - 25 January 2012 at 11:21am

Thermographic image of heat loss

The Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University have just put out a new report calling for new laws to increase energy efficiency standards in all of the UK’s 26 million homes and 2 million business properties. Implementing these recommendations would mean that energy use in all buildings in the UK result in zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Article tagged as: 2050, achieving zero, businesses, energy, energy efficiency, homes, insulation, property, zero carbon

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The top 5 reasons that energy efficiency is incredibly exciting

Posted by christian - 12 March 2009 at 8:00am - 2 Comments

Drax
Mega-inefficiency: Only 38 per cent of the coal burned at Drax actually generates power

Energy efficiency. What does that phrase make you think of? Here are a few free-association words I pulled out of my head: insulation, draught proofing, grey, tax return, boring, Germany. Yes, sometimes I do find it hard to get excited about using energy more smartly. But that's only because I'm an idiot.

Article tagged as: CHP, decentralised energy, energy efficiency, insulation