I am puzzled why bespoke houses are built to building regulations. The regs are there mainly to stop poor quality construction, dangerous electrical and gas installations and to ‘police’ disreputable builders. Part L is to make sure there is at least a nod to energy efficiency. But if you are looking to design and build…
This post was sent in by a client of Charlie Laing Ltd for use in this blog! Can I turn the heating on yet? The big debate we all have once the weather starts to turn. Woman says yes, man says “No, put a jumper on!” Are you recognising any of this? Listening to the…
Energy bills are a hot topic at the Labour party conference. I can’t see how capping prices would work. If the energy companies can’t make profit in the UK they will simple go elsewhere – electricity prices in Germany are over 50% higher than in the UK. But why have an energy bill? Why not…
There are a number of different factors in deciding what sort of rainwater harvesting system one would like, one has space for or a system that one can afford. Questions that need to be addressed are in the first instance budgetary. This can not only be ones allocated figure to purchase the equipment, but in…
The secret in obtaining the best possible air test rating is paying attention to detail as early as possible in the project. By the time one comes to air testing, a good way through the project, it is already too late and the ability to rectify defects becomes much more difficult and expensive in construction…
Dear LC Energy Wood Pellet Customer, We are sending you this e-mail to draw your attention to the risk of risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets and to advise that as users of wood pellets you should undertake the necessary safety procedures. Please see the link to the Health and…
Talking about insulation of central heating pipes… You’ve specified a band A condensing boiler, you know how to set it up, the radiators are the right size and you think you can now relax and let the plumber install it all, right? Actually no! There is one more area you must pay attention to or…
How will you store your captured energy to keep your Christmas lights this year? We’re all getting into using renewable energy in our homes and it certainly helps reduce the bills which is helpful at Christmas with all the extra lights! The question is, how do you store that captured energy to keep those cheerful…
Another technology getting a bit of a move on is anaerobic digestion of putrescible wastes to give biogas. No, please don’t yawn and click away! If nothing else there’s a few high-scoring words for a scrabble game. As a country, we produce around 15 million tonnes of food wastes which can be turned to good…
Why use cork for insulation? If you are looking for a sustainable insulation material with fantastic pedigree that’s 100% natural then look no further than Cork. It is considered a renewable material because it comes from the bark of the cork oak and which can be repeatedly harvested without killing the tree for over 200…