Adding additional solar panels to an existing system
With the proposed reduction to the solar feed-in tariff, we are getting a huge amount of interest from people looking to install their new solar panels before the 1st January (the date that the proposed cuts would take place). We…
Mechanical ventilation in buildings – what you need to know
How do we deal with hot weather in the UK or getting rid of latent warm air without spending huge amounts of energy and money on air-conditioning systems? Although natural ventilation is the commonly low-cost practice to cool a building efficiently…
A commercial EPC: step by step
I am a commercial (referred to as non-domestic) energy assessor and in this blog I am going to take you through the process of how GreenAge carries out these assessments, from the time you phone us, to the point where…
10 ways to save on your energy bills
About a year ago we wrote a blog titled ‘7 ways to lower your energy bills’. This proved very popular but it solely focused on ways to actually reduce the energy bill itself by moving to dual fuel tariffs, using…
Cavity Wall Insulation Extraction – A Case Study
More and more consumers are getting in touch with us about cavity wall insulation – you would of thought that the majority would be looking to install the cavity wall insulation bearing in mind we are an energy saving blog,…
Could a wood-burning stove cut my energy bills?
Wood burning stoves seem incredibly popular at the moment, with more and more homeowners making the switch – but why is their suddenly so much interest in them? Well once you get them installed, if you can source the wood…
Will killing the feed-in tariff kill solar?
With the news that the Government are all but withdrawing the feed-in tariff, many think that the end of solar PV could soon be upon us. The feed-in tariff was introduced in 2010 to help drive uptake of solar panels…
Nick on Radio 4 today speaking about LED and Solar
Solar PV financial scams targeting the retired
You may be one of the half a million or so Brits that has a solar PV system installed on your home and you are hopefully enjoying lots of free electricity. In many cases, when solar PV is correctly installed,…
Do Pay-As-You-Save Energy Saving Schemes Work
The UK currently has no available home energy ‘pay as you save schemes’, having cancelled its previous flagship program the Green Deal in July 2015. It was set up in 2013, following the 2011 Energy Act, to allow homeowners in…