As you may remember, Mr Green replaced our lighting with LEDs and installed a couple of small solar panels to run them.
So far so good; we now enjoy free lighting most of the year.
We would love to …

As you’ll be aware, we try and keep our electricity consumption to a minimum here at Chez Green.
Unfortunately, old habits die hard and more recently we’ve found ourselves getting back into lazy habits. We’ve been …

As you know, Mr Green and I are great fans of LED lighting. We’ve installed LEDs for the downstairs of our home and they are running from a small solar panel.
I was excited to hear …

Hands up who turns off their PC when not in use?
I have to admit even though I always turn off my computer at night; it’s often left idle during the day.
‘Greentrac‘ is a software package …

Digital Invoicing are based at the prestigious York Eco Business Centre.
Digital Invoicing use ecologically sound hosting services from 1and1 Internet Ltd and have kitted out their office with sustainable furnishings and stationery. Now they want …

We take daily meter readings here at Chez Green and despite having an A rated cooker, our energy use from making meals is undoubtedly one of the biggest aspects of our energy usage.
There are many …

For the past 18 months I’ve been taking a close look at our electricity consumption and been totally stumped on how to reduce it further.
It got to the stage where I was taking daily readings …

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 …