Health issues with wooden pellets releasing carbon monoxide. The Churches Legislation Advisory Service have issued the following statement about wood pellets. The Health and Safety Executive has issued a Safety Notice Risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets. For the attention of users, installers, maintainers and distributors of wood-pellet boilers…
Emerging technology in energy saving products Trade Shows These are the best way to find out about new technology and new products that are continually emerging into the market place. As I travel around to the various energy saving shows and read up on technology advancement I see a lot of new products so…
Why a combi boiler isn’t always the best! Notes from our expert who is working on site. Why I like straight-forward design in a heating system. I am over-seeing a team of plumbers replacing corroded and scaled-up parts of a 1960’s heating system and making a few upgrades at the same time. It reminds…
Are you in control of your homes sustainability? CLPM’s Sustainability Guru Tony Duffin gives us his views. Get in control of your own homes energy usage and tariffs. Do you trust the quality of vegetables from your own back garden over those bought from a supermarket? Do you support fair trade products because you…
Some people still believe it is better to heat the house all the time just to be warm in the morning and evening. This will cost you a lot of money and create a lot of emissions. If the house is kept (read more)
Be warm and cosy this winter with a heat pump! Heat pumps make sense sometimes We just wanted to delve into the reasons why Heat Pumps are a good idea in some circumstances, and not others. They are not the ultimate environmentally friendly heating system everywhere but are one of a number of possible…
With a third of households finding energy bills unaffordable, new findings from uSwitch show that 70% of households believe solar panels are a good way of lowering energy bills.
In fact, two-thirds of those with solar panels have cut their energy bills by an average of £82.20 a month.(read more)
I’ve just finished a sustainability and running costs review for an extension to an existing house.
It was to be built to building regulations but the client also wanted advice on making it more sustainable. So, a few calculation and models later, plus some simple suggestions, and we have halved (read more)
Does dynamic insulation really work? There have been a few innovations emerging for better building performance over the last few years and months as building regulations tighten and we all seek cheaper and easier ways to meeting them. They include (read more)
The Difference Between Power and Energy The fundamental differences between energy and power I keep reading material from so-called professional organisations that seems to suggest they don’t know the difference between power and energy. If nothing else they don’t seem to be aware of the importance of using the correct terminology in conveying critical information. …