As far as award-winning environmentally friendly homes go, a 200-year-old listed building in Llanidloes, Powys, is a seemingly unlikely candidate; nevertheless, Andy Warren's 19th century property...
Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Alex Salmond, has informed the Scottish Parliament that he aims to confer new powers on the state-owned utility Scottish...
Marks & Spencer has become the most recent big-name firm to launch a range of Solar PV and Solar Thermal water heating panels. The high-street giant has become one of the first retailers to...
In its recent report entitled 'Africa: Up for Grabs', Friends of the Earth has called on European Union countries to drop their biofuels targets amid fears that heavy investment in the sector could...
Originally scheduled for launch in the spring of 2011, the Renewable Heat Incentive may not see the light of day after the coalition Government announced that it might yet scrap the scheme. In its...
Euroheat's TDA Thermodual biomass boiler is quite unlike other central heating boilers on the UK market; in fact, according to Which?, Euroheat are the first company to bring the TDA Thermodual to...
Baxi Group, which is one of the leading providers of domestic central heating systems, has urged a wider application of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) Scheme to include whole home...
Many things in life are usually too good to be true and when someone offers something for nothing, there is normally a catch involved. On this basis, companies such as Isis Solar, HomeSun and A...
The need to conserve energy whilst reducing carbon emissions has been widely publicised in the UK. Some households have made changes large and small in an effort to tackle global warming, yet the...
Baxi has improved its range of heat only boilers with the introduction of the Baxi Solo HE A, which is unlike other central heating boilers in that it is designed to be fitted flush with standard...
It is regrettable that many council buildings across England and Wales are relatively old and energy inefficient; excluding residential properties that have benefited from double glazing, cavity wall...
The heating boiler is an essential fixture in most homes throughout the UK; although, recent new builds have employed designs that are sufficiently energy efficient as to eliminate the need for...
Despite having lowered its prices for many customers, British Gas has reported operating profits of £585 million for the first half of 2010. After cutting gas prices in February, British Gas...
As if the housing market had not endured enough difficulties in recent times, it has been reported that the coalition Government is considering a new green tax that could add around £850 to the cost...
Despite promising to become the "greenest government ever", Prime Minister David Cameron has sought to bypass green initiatives in favour of deep public spending cuts. This week, the Government has...
The global recession has had both a positive and negative effect on the environmental situation in the UK. On the one hand, the economic downturn has contributed towards lower carbon emissions -...
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