The summer months are usually welcomed by most, offering longer days and warmer weather. But there is a downside to all this. Some people get far too hot and bothered. For these people a portable air conditioner can help.
The benefits of portable air conditioning over a fixed one are many, and can be the ideal solution for many people who feel the summer months can be too warm.

There are a great number of grants and other sources of funding available to homeowners, businesses and not for profit organisations which make renewable energy installations a lot more viable and cost effective that people often think. A summary of the major grants and funding available to homeowners, businesses and not for profit organisations like [...]

Biomass is the burning of renewable materials like wood pellets, chips and logs to produce both heat and hot water; whether this is for powering a central heating systems and hot water boilers or merely providing heat for a single room. How does biomass work? Biomass boilers and stoves work simply by burning renewable sources [...]

House heat loss and home heat loss is a major issue when it comes to saving energy and reducing utility bill costs. As mentioned previously, one of the best ways to save energy is by insulating you home with both Loft Insulation and Cavity Wall Insulation. Both these methods are extremely cost effective and will [...]

Previously we outlined what Carbon Credits and Carbon Offsets were in the post ‘What are Carbon Offsets‘. In this post we are going to examine the advantages of carbon credits in more detail, looking at the major benefits that the purchasing of carbon credits brings to fighting climate change. Although there has been much criticism [...]

If you are not currently in a position to be installing solar panels or wind turbines at your home or business, you can still make a big difference by just making a few small changes to save energy. We have list 5 simple energy saving measures that anyone can do to reduce their carbon emissions [...]

One of the major contributors to a person’s carbon footprint is their CO2 emissions from travel, often with the major carbon emitter being their car. It is important then, for the environmentall aware consumer to know which cars are most fuel efficient and what are the most fuel efficient cars? Below is a table showing [...]

Following the previous post ‘ Reduce your Carbon Footprint by Buying Local’, we are going to look further into how much CO2 emissions are produced for different types of food, therefore analysing the carbon footprints for food products in the UK. Many products in the UK are flown in due to them being highly perishable. [...]

Previously, we looked at Feed In Tariffs, looking and what they were and their implications if they were introduced in the UK. Recently it has been announced that a feed in tariff scheme under the name ‘Clean Energy Cashback’ will be introduced in the UK, starting in April 2010. Detailed proposals  have been release into [...]

Cavity insulation or Cavity wall insulation is a home insulation technique that can help you save energy, cut carbon emissions and save money on utility bills. One of the major forms of heat loss in a house is through the walls. Approximately a third of all heat is lost through a building’s walls and cavity [...]

There is much talk in the media on the subject of carbon offsets bought by companies and individuals to reduce their carbon emissions, but what are carbon offsets? Carbon Offsets or a Carbon Offset is a financial instrument aimed to offset carbon emissions through the purchasing of carbon credit’s from a company or organisation who invest in [...]

I recently came across a clever little product which can measure the electricity output of homes, it is called the OWL Energy Saving Monitor. The idea behind the product is to allow homeowners and businesses to monitor energy usage accurately and easily, thus making homeowners more aware of their electricity usage. This in turn can [...]

In order to assess how our daily actions affect the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and contribute to our carbon footprint it is important to know which of the fossil fuels and other fuels we release are the most harmful to our planet, we can assess this by examining which fossil fuels give [...]

It has emerged recently that world nations are considering building nuclear power stations in developing nations as part of carbon credit or carbon offsetting schemes. This would mean that when carbon credits are bought by companies and individuals, it would be legitimate under international climate change agreements that the money from the carbon credits bought [...]

A Supergrid or Super Grid is a wide area electricity transmission network that enables large volumes of energy to be sent and traded across very long distances. Unlike normal electricity grids, supergrids can transport renewable energy (which is often unreliable with regards to generating a constant flow of electricity) more effectively. Super grid’s are also [...]