Which household appliances are the worst to leave on standby in terms of wasting energy and increasing your energy bills? With the recent changes to the Energy Price cap and with no sign of things changing anytime soon, every little helps. In reality, the savings you can make by turning appliances off at the plug … Read more
Should you always install a chimney balloon in your home? What are the limitations and alternatives? Here we explain it all. As the name suggests, a chimney balloon is a device placed up the chimney in your home in order to create an affective barrier and slow down heat loss and help prevent and reduce … Read more
Does placing foil behind your radiators actually help slow down heat loss and save money on your heating bills? As the name implies, radiators themselves are designed to radiate heat into their surroundings, e.g. into your living space. The logic behind radiator reflectors is that they help the heat radiated from your radiator be reflected … Read more
Are you wondering where all the wind farms are located in the UK? Here we pinpoint them all. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy release a quarterly update of the UK’s latest renewable energy projects. This incudes solar farms, wind farms and biomass plants. In the interactive map below you can view all … Read more
Have you heard about air fryers and how they may be cheaper to run than electric ovens and other cooking methods? But what is the reality? Are air fryers really cheaper to run? And if so which model of air fryer should you choose? In this guide, well explore how much electric fyers cost to … Read more
With household energy bills set to continue to skyrocket well into next year and impact the 4.5 million homes that utilise prepayment meters, what can you do to make things easier and keep bills as low as possible? Traditionally, paying for energy with a prepayment meter has been one of the most expensive methods, especially … Read more
If you need a new boiler but are struggling to find the funds to pay for it, thankfully there is help and other options available to you. Let’s face it, having a new boiler installed is expensive, in fact in the UK the average cost is somewhere between £1,500 and £2,000 to have a gas … Read more
Are you considering installing a vertical wind turbine to generate your own electricity at home or for your business? If you reside in the UK, the good news is that we are extremely an extremely windy nation, in fact, 40% of all wind energy in Europe blows over the UK. So which vertical turbine is … Read more
Where and how does the UK generate it’s electricity? Is it all renewables? Or still mostly fossil fuels? Here we will explore the latest official figures. In recent times it’s become apparent that the UK’s Energy Security has been under threat, largely due to how reliant we still remain on natural gas imports, especially when … Read more
An energy/electricity usage monitor is a valuable low cost piece of technology allowing you to monitor your energy consumption and make behaviour changes to prevent energy waste and save money on your bills. Instead of flying blind and switching off all appliances or lights, an energy usage monitor shows you when and where the power … Read more