Can I get cavity wall insulation for my flat?
Can you get cavity wall insulation if you live in a flat? It is an often asked question at Green Deal Assessments, but the answer is not really straight forward. You live in a flat or maisonette, it has cavity…
How can I make my heating system more efficient?
It is a popular question – what can I do to make my heating system more efficient, without spending money to replace my boiler? Unfortunately, there is no getting around the fact that boilers are expensive, and unless you have…
Selecting the right thermostat for your home
It may seem a simple device, but thermostats are often poorly utilised and misunderstood. In this blog we are going to look at some of the different types of thermostat available and how you should best use them in your…
Conduction, Convection and Radiation
In this blog, we are going to look at the various ways heat can be transferred and what that means for both heating and insulation. Convection Heating Radiators and storage heaters are two of the most common heating systems in…
What can other countries teach us about insulation?
We talk a lot about the UK insulation industry; the products, the costs, the methods. For once, we thought it would be worth looking around the globe at other countries and if we could learn anything about insulation that could…
What is a Green Roof?
What is a Green Roof? To many of us, a green roof seems very ‘out there’. Something only the most hardcore ‘greenies’ would even contemplate. But they aren’t quite as unusual or impractical as they would first appear. In fact,…
Water retention in the garden
Water conservation might be a better phrase than water ‘retention’, as we are not talking about oedema (the building up of tissue fluid) here which can be painful and discomforting. Water conservation, on the other hand, can be rewarding and…
The problem with renewables and intermittency
Renewable Energy sources & their lack of predictability We got an interesting email from one of our readers this morning, regarding Wind Power – glossing over the part where he said that we were the victim of brainwashing for thinking…
Will the Ukraine Crisis Have an Impact on What We Pay for Energy in the UK?
Why is gas important to the UK? The UK uses quite a bit of gas – not only to provide the fuel for central heating systems, but it is also used in our gas-fired power stations to generate electricity. Our…
Get big grants for wall insulation across London!
Interested in getting your walls insulated? Did you know that 35% of heat is lost through the walls of a property! By insulating the walls, you can dramatically decrease the amount of heat loss, and in doing so you should…