Jul 14, 2020 | Government, Heat Pump, Housing, Retrofit, Solar
Green home grants’ could save 650,000 households up to £300 on energy bills Work may include insulation, double and triple glazing and eco heating systems Lowest-income households will be able to claim full cost of work up to £10,000 Other homeowners should get...
Jul 7, 2020 | Government, Housing, Renewable, Retrofit
Homeowners to receive vouchers of up to £5,000 for home insulation The vouchers are part of a £2 billion Green Homes Grant scheme in England which form part of a broader, £3 billion investment plan to crack down on carbon emissions and help the UK get on track to...
Feb 26, 2020 | Government, Industry, Renewable, Retrofit, Solar
An ambitious project which will see multiple roof-mounted solar panels installed at council buildings across Newport has taken its first step. Newport council is working with community organisation, Egni Co-op, to help the authority in its aim to become a...
Feb 18, 2020 | Government, Heat Pump, Retrofit, Solar
Solar panels, heat pumps and sustainable designs bypassed – but now one Somerset school is taking a stand. Sadly, however, only a handful of the 500-plus schools being rebuilt or refurbished across the county through the government’s £4.3bn priority school building...
Apr 23, 2016 | Innovation, New Build, Renewable, Retrofit, Technology, Wind
New Wind was founded by former film and television writer Jérôme Michaud-Larivière in 2011, and created its first prototype in 2013. After working through several possible iterations, the company settled on a “seemingly chaotic” arrangement of leaf-turbines on each...