by Theresa McManus | Oct 22, 2012 | Heat Pumps, Renewable Heat Energy
Cornwall-based Kensa engineering, has launched the smallest ground source heat pump on the market, designed to provide space heating and domestic hot water for flats and small dwellings. The Shoebox Heat Pump is small enough to fit inside a kitchen cabinet! Like all...
by Theresa McManus | Oct 19, 2012 | Energy Efficiency
Most people are now worried by their rising energy bills, highlights an article in Greenwise published on 16th October (http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/rising-energy-bills-are-biggest-worry-to-householders-3599.aspx). Apparently, the YouGov Household Economic...
by Paul McIntosh | Oct 18, 2012 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Events in Dorset, Fuel Poverty & Security
Transition Town Bridport are running 2 Draught Busters workshops to help people reduce their heating bills. 27th October & 1st December 2012 Draught Busters Unitarian Church,Victoria Grove, Bridport The workshops will be run by Chit Chong and willinclude...
by Theresa McManus | Oct 8, 2012 | Electric Transport
The BBC reported last week that a study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology study found that greenhouse gas emissions rose dramatically if coal is used to produce the electricity. For me this is not really news – anything we do using electricity is...
by Keith Wheaton-Green | Jul 10, 2012 | Fuel Poverty & Security, Renewable Heat Energy
We live in and off mains gas like a lot of people in rural areas and have a large propane tank that had been costing us around £1200 a year to keep filled. There have been price rises most years and sometimes more than one a year. I have asked Centrica if our village...