Top tips to save energy with your fridge-freezer
Virtually every modern appliance we use runs on electricity, but the biggest consumer is the refrigerator. Fridges and freezers are found in almost every single home in the country, and they collectively use over £1.2 billion worth of electricity each … Continue reading
How big’s yours? – The worst energy wasting TV’s to be phased out
Good on the Energy Saving Trust in persuading some enlightened retailers – Best Buy UK, Comet, Co-operative Electrical, Currys, PC World, John Lewis, Argos, Marks & Spencer, and Sainsbury’s – to stop selling the most energy wasting TV’s. (It didn’t … Continue reading
Heat your home and generate electricity
The first thing that comes to mind when we hear the words ‘micro–generation’ is wind turbines and PV panels – not now – as Baxi introduce the Ecogen which is the first, commercially available micro-CHP (Combined Heat and Power) unit … Continue reading
Energy Saving Trust spent £272,000 to be top of Google
Energy minister Joan Ruddock has revealed that the Energy Saving Trust spent £272,000 + VAT over the past 12 months on Google adwords – this is a form of advertising where organisations pay for their webpages to appear at the … Continue reading
Making eco-bling pay – “Feed-in” tariffs for microgeneration announced
It’s great news that the government has announced details of the UK’s Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for small scale low carbon energy production. Sust-it’s wind-turbines are whizzing away as I write, but so far it hasn’t been financially worth trying to … Continue reading
