The Political Parties’ Green Manifestos – Election 2015
With the polling stations now open (until 10pm tonight) we thought we would very briefly look at all the major parties and their Environmental / Energy policies. So if you are worried about your pet rabbit’s living conditions (see below) or you…
Pension reforms freeing up cash for property improvement
The recently announced changes to the way pensions can be used means that it is now possible to invest some of that pension money for improvements to the property – beginning at age 55. With that cash, you can pay…
Looking for a grant to help pay for a new boiler?
Unfortunately the days of completely free boilers has come and gone. You can however get help towards the cost of installing a new boiler if you meet certain criteria detailed below under a scheme called the Energy Company Obligation (ECO).…
Phase 3 of GDHIF will soon be upon us!
We are expecting the new GDHIF grant to go live next week and although there has been no official announcement yet, we just want everyone to be prepared for when it does. We are expecting the announcement at ECOBuild so please…
What to expect from GDHIF in 2015
The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has been a huge success, with millions being spent on energy saving improvements, particularly solid wall insulation. In the run up to the general election, you can expect some more funding to be released…
India’s Renewable Boom
Like many economically developed countries in the modern world, India is highly dependent on its use of non-renewable energy. The fossil fuel that India consumes the most of is coal. The country possesses a large abundance of coal deposits which…
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…
GDHIF Phase 2 – solid wall Insulation grant all gone (30 hours!)
GDHIF lasted 30 hours – Well done DECC! So that’s it! We have just heard from DECC that the £24m set aside to help subsidise the cost of solid wall insulation as part of the GDHIF scheme has all gone…
TheGreenAge is now part of the RetrofitWorks Cooperative!
Yesterday our membership to RetrofitWorks was confirmed. This is a network of small to medium enterprises aimed at reducing CO2 emissions as well as household energy bills. The cooperative is multi-stakeholder and owned by its members, making it the first…
Keeping the lights on over Christmas 2014
It appears things aren’t looking too good at the moment for the energy companies – supply is down and if we have a cold winter, for the first time in a very long time we could be facing energy blackouts.…