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Are you missing out? There are many grants amounting to millions of pound which go unclaimed every year due to homeowners not knowing how to claim. Many of the unclaimed benefits are for the elderly, disabled or those on lower incomes but not all. Energy saving is one of the main grant giving areas due […]

Solar panels could they help you? Solar power is not only sustainable it is renewable and this means we will never run out of it. It is all about a natural source of power which is able to produce electricity at a greatly reduced cost. Once installed solar power really takes very little maintenance and […]

Get ready for the winter Professionally fitted loft insulation will keep you and your family warmer plus it will also save you on average £300 per year on your central heating bill. The really good thing is you may be able to have it installed free of charge if you are claiming certain benefits. There […]

Free boilers and insulation The majority of big energy suppliers are offering free new boilers and insulation if you are on certain benefits. The cost of a new boiler varies due to size and location of the installation, but the average bill will be around £2350 so as you can see it is a very […]

Energy grants can they assist you? The average household across the UK could be losing hundreds of pounds each year due to poor energy efficiency.  With the price of Gas and Electricity so high and the strong possibility of large rises on the horizon can you afford to ignore poor insulation in your home? If […]

Home owners are to be offered up to £5,600 each to install new boilers, insulation or double glazing, under the latest Government cash giveaway for energy efficiency work. Up to £30m of funding will be made available from Wednesday through the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, enabling households to claim some or all of the […]

The GDHIF is a government designed incentive, which was launched in June 2014 and aims to improve the energy efficiency of British homes. Under its previous iteration homes could apply for up to £7,600 worth of cash back and incentives, when installing energy efficient improvements. The latter included double glazing, new more efficient boilers and […]

Households carrying out energy efficiency improvements on their home can now get more money back to offset the cost of having the work done. Households carrying out energy efficiency improvements on their home can now get more money back to offset the cost of having the work done. From June, people in England and Wales […]

The Energy and Environment Expo, which runs from 17-19 June, will advise attendees on how to get to grips with initiatives like the RHI. The newly-launched domestic Renewable Heat Incentive is already driving interest among those in the heating and ventilation arena. Yet, amid reports of rising numbers of applications to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme […]

The domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has launched, giving you the chance to receive payments from the government for generating your own renewable heat. The RHI scheme pays quarterly for seven years. The amount of money received will depend on which renewable heat technology you install, and how much renewable heat it produces. The scheme […]

Great swathes of Yorkshire’s terraced housing were built without easy to insulate cavity walls, which has earned them the label “hard to treat”. Most of the properties have solid walls creating permanent cold spots. At an average cost of between £6,000 and £10,000 for solid wall insulation, most homeowners cannot afford to invest in this […]

The heat is on for renewables. The government will now pay you for installing a renewable heating system in your home. How does that work? The government has just launched the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, a financial incentive to promote the use of renewable heat in homes. The scheme is open to owners, tenants, […]