Want to feel cosy and warm at home this winter, and save money?
You’ll find everything from quick and cheap tricks to large-scale tips in my article for Amigo Energy (U.S. English, link opens in new window).
For many of us, our knowledge of the power grid is limited to these towers bringing electricity to our homes.
Understand more with my article for Amigo Energy (U.S. English, link opens in new window).
An accessible and enjoyable introduction to the complex subject of chemical energy.
Find out how chemical energy influences your day-to-day life with my article for Amigo Energy (U.S. English, link opens in new window).
Words like sustainability, renewable energy, and bioenergy are bandied about endlessly.
Cut through the jargon and understand bioenergy with my article for Amigo Energy (U.S. English, link opens in new window).
The Internet of Energy (IoE) is here and it will affect you.
Find out how by reading my article for Amigo Energy (U.S. English, link opens in new window).
Short-term (tomorrow!), medium-term, and long-term: whichever way you frame it, small businesses can save energy – and money – by following some simple steps.
Our guide to energy efficiency for small businesses will banish any worries about time, potential outlays, and value as barriers to entry. Any investment is usually quickly repaid and then becomes savings, or more profit.
Learn how you can save on energy use and bills by picking up good habits, from lighting to installing solar panels to home working.
Read more here. (link opens in new window).
Enjoy a warmer and more comfortable home by following my guide to simple fixes for draughts.
At its most basic, draught-proofing is filling the gaps in a building, where heat escapes and cold air enters. Some people turn up the heating to counteract cold draughts; this warms your home but escaped heating costs you and emits CO2 emission unnecessarily.
A properly draught-proofed and insulated house helps reduce your energy demands and CO2 emissions as well as saving on bills.
Read more here. (link opens in new window).
Breathing buildings, living robots, and electricity created from thin air, all in my latest blog.
The sustainability sector is a hub for technological advances. Along with The Energy Saving Trust, we look at 10 innovations that may – or may not – change the way we interact with our world in the face of climate change.
We have not tested any of these products and we cannot verify the claims of their inventors but we’re sure you’ll find them as interesting as we do.
Read more here. (link opens in new window).
People experiencing fuel poverty in Scotland can be helped with just one call or email – that’s the message from Home Energy Scotland.
Funded by the Scottish Government, the free and impartial advice service is available to everyone in Scotland.
Anyone who may be worrying about how to keep warm and pay the bills should contact Home Energy Scotland immediately about the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.
Read more here. (link opens in new window).
The kitchen is the beating heart of a home and unsurprisingly it accounts for a significant amount of a household’s energy consumption.
My two-part guide to kitchen energy efficiency solutions showcases a multitude of ways to make our kitchens energy efficient.
Read part one here and part two here. (Links open in new window).
Tom Shearman | Writer 