The latest trend in domestic heating circles – low-carbon gas absorption technology that heats and cools buildings with claimed significant cost and environmental benefits – has taken a further step forward with the launch of gas absorption heat pump (GAHP) solutions for UK consumers.
ENER-G, a Manchester-based sustainable power business has teamed up with Italian manufacturer [...]

Although may experts are focusing on energy alternatives and greener technologies such as carbon capture, one study has shown that heat capture techniques alone could meet 5% of the U.K.’s future requirements.
The report, from the University of Southampton and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), claims that over 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide could [...]

It might come as a welcome surprise to many who feel that British Gas is a little unwieldy to deal with, but the giant energy company has been ranked as one of the U.K. top 50 places to work.
The accolade actually goes to two businesses inside British Gas: British Gas Business and British [...]

A group of elderly residents in Theale, near Reading, are coping with fuel poverty by generating their own electricity at their sheltered housing scheme.
Residents of the James Butcher Housing Association (JBHA) have had new, highly efficient boilers installed, together with a combined heat and power unit (CHP). The new boilers are similar to large car [...]

For those with an older style boiler which does not have an in-built modulating control, it may be worth getting one installed.
In fact, say the manufacturers of such controls, they reckon it could save between 10% and 20% on an average energy bill.
A modulating control is basically a sensor that picks-up the level of warmth [...]

When it comes to insulating your house for the coming winter, don’t ignore sheep’s wool.
If we know anything about sheep, it is that they don’t freeze to death in fields during the winter, so suppliers who recommend such materials for keeping houses warm, might be on to a good thing.
Sheep wool is now being used [...]