Solar feed in tariff is to decrease in April
If you are familiar with some of the content on TheGreenAge, you will know that the feed in tariff is a government backed payment made to properties for producing their own electricity. If you have a renewable electricity generating system installed…
Do solar panels increase house value?
You might be thinking about buying a house with solar PV already installed, or you might have solar PV on your roof and you are looking to sell your property. In the article below we look at whether solar PV…
RHI Legacy applications assume a low SPF
RHI Legacy applicant assumes low SPF We had an interesting question from one of our readers last week regarding legacy RHI claims. It is assumed that any heat pump installed before the 9th April 2015 (known as a legacy install)…
Can I get a free boiler under the Green Deal?
UPDATE: As of 30 March 2016, the government has stopped funding and the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is closed to new applications. You can read about it here. Can I get a free boiler through the Green Deal scheme? We get…
A free biomass boiler – too good to be true?
If you are currently off-gas grid and are heating your home by either oil, LPG or electricity or if you have a really inefficient heating system, then knowing that a technology like biomass can help cut energy costs must be…
Spring 2015 Changes to the RHI
The domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has been running for about 9 months now, and it has now become apparent that the Government are planning to tweak the scheme slightly. The good news is that the RHI payments for air source…
Protect the elderly and vulnerable from the cold this winter!
Protecting the elderly and vulnerable from a cold home Cold weather can be dangerous for everyone; in a typical winter 25,000 elderly and vulnerable people die as a direct result of the cold weather, with further deaths resulting from the…
External Wall Insulation versus Internal Wall insulation
With the re-launch of the GDHIF, there has been a lot of renewed interest in insulating solid walls in properties. There are two ways to insulate this type of wall – either internal wall insulation or external wall insulation. If…
Do I Need a Commercial EPC to claim the Feed in Tariff for my Business?
If you are a company looking to benefit from the feed in tariffs, there are a few prerequisites that you need to meet. And just like a domestic property, you will need a valid EPC to get the payment. What…
Funding Energy Saving Measures
Energy saving measures like double glazing, insulation and even new boilers are not cheap. Here we want to explain all the different schemes that can help you to get this sort of thing installed before the cold weather sets in.…