Are thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) worth it?
Thermostatic radiator valves are an easy way to increase your control over the temperature of your home and save yourself money on your energy bills. What do thermostatic radiator valves do? If your current heating system contains of just one centralised boiler…
Looking for a more intelligent heating control system?
Are the old dial thermostats destined for the scrapheap? For most of us, the room thermostat is a simple dial on the wall that allows you (in theory at least) to control the temperature of the home. I say ‘in…
Heatmiser SmartStat review – March 2016
About 9 months ago we moved into our new home – and as such it gave me free reign to install as much energy saving equipment as I liked (which I am sure my partner greatly appreciated!). One of the…
How warm should your rooms be?
How warm should your rooms be? With the advent of zonal heating, it is becoming possible for homeowners to heat various parts of their homes to different temperatures. It means a better level of control and savings compared to having…
Energy Efficiency for Flats
So many articles you read online are based around insulating a house. As you may have read in one of our articles a few weeks back – the average home in the UK is a 3 bed semi. This means…
Does turning up the thermostat warm the house quicker?
Most men appreciate a new gadget and I am no different – last week I had the new Heatmiser Smartstats installed in my home. These thermostats are the latest offering from Heatmiser and I have to say I am very…
The Problem with the Nest Intelligent Thermostat
Smart thermostats have become all the range over the last 12-18 months, with more and more people installing them in their home to help lower energy bills and better manage their heating requirements. All the large heating control companies have…
Does home automation save money?
Is Home Automation a genuine energy saver or a luxury we could do without It seems that the must have gadgets of this decade are all based around the idea of home automation (HA). We have seen the introduction of…
The Tado smart thermostat – TheGreenAge Review
As more and more aspects of my life are moving onto my phone I was beginning to get very frustrated with my ‘so called’ basic thermostat. Now when I say basic, I don’t mean a 20 year old malfunctioning dial…
New heating controls, but higher energy bills!
Installed new heating controls, but my bills have gone up! We always talk about the importance of installing heating controls when you install a heating system because they save you money. This normally is the truth, however we recently got…