One of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint is to insulate your home well.
There is little point installing an energy efficient heating system, if most of the heat escapes through your bricks and …

As you know, Mr Green and I are fans of LED lighting. We’re now running the downstairs of our home on LEDs powered by solar. It’s been a steep learning curve and there are still …

I don’t mind admitting, Mr Green and I are feeling a bit depressed at the moment. We made the decision 8 years ago to install a wood burner.  We did a lot of research and …

According to the Energy Saving Trust, one third of people would pay more for a home that had been fitted with a renewable energy source such as wind, solar or hydropower.
Half also want to know …

We all know we should be reducing our carbon footprint in order to live a more sustainable lifestyle.
There are many areas in the UK where councils and other organisations are working with home owners to …

In our review about the Quanta 18 LED from Eternaleds, I talked about a little trick to improve the light distribution and dispersion. LEDs are not especially good at being a general room light, as …

The Energy Saving Trust, as part of Energy Saving Week are holding eight ‘Climate Change Academies’ across the UK.
The Climate Change Academies are free to attend and run on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. …

The Quanta PAR38 LED from Eternaleds runs off just 18 watts of mains electricity, and outputs light equivalent to a 100 watt incandescent light bulb. The quanta PAR38 is a simple screw in retrofit unit …

I decided to get up to date with my current carbon footprint. After all, knowledge is power!
We’ve been doing quite a lot of work around the house this year in order to reduce our carbon …

The Energy Saving Trust’s Energy Saving Week takes place 19 - 25th October.
Last year the theme was about time. The purpose was to show that being green doesn’t need to take too much time or …