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Biomass Heating Systems

Biomass Fuel Pellet

As the price of fossil fuels jump to record highs and climate change focusses people’s attention on CO2 neutral fuels biomass heating systems are increasingly popular and effective. Biomass is organic material which has stored solar energy in plants from … Continue reading

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Why It Makes Financial Sense to Build Green

Energy Prices are Rising

Whilst it would be easy for me to say that green building always pays when you consider the wider benefits it can sometimes seem hard to justify the additional up-front costs. Certainly ensuring that a building comes in on budget … Continue reading

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Why its More Comfortable Living in an Energy Efficient Home

John Wolfendale

John Wolfendale talks for 3 minutes on why its more comfortable living in an energy efficient home. Open up the blog post to access the video.

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Space Heating and Cooling With Heat Pumps

Space Heating and Cooling Heat Pump

With space heating and cooling accounting for 70% of domestic energy requirements heat pumps have fast become the darling of the energy efficient housing industry. Take space heating and cooling out of the equation and you’re way on the way … Continue reading

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Passive Solar Design: Harness the Energy of the Spanish Sun for Heating and Cooling Your Home

Passive Solar Tree House by L.A. Architects Standard.

An appreciation of how best to manipulate natural energy resources is fundamental to successful energy efficient design. Daylight, sunlight, and solar heating should be embraced early in the design stage of a project in what is now called passive solar … Continue reading

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Air Powered Air-Con – How Cool is That?

air-conditioning

Nothing seems more futile in terms of climate conservation than turning on a conventional air conditioning system.  It’s too hot so you burn fossil fuels which make the world hotter, possibly forever, in order to make your little box cooler … Continue reading

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