How to Work with Your Community to Save Energy...
Everyone wants to save energy and working together as a community can be a great way to reduce everyone's fuel bills and energy use, but it's not always easy to know how best to go about it.
Although there are plenty of options - solar power, wind generation, insulation, energy saving devices and the like - there hasn't been a "one-stop" UK resource to offer impartial advice on saving energy as a community.
October's Most Popular Articles...
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Wood-burning FAQ: There's nothing quite like a real fire - but for many people there are a one or two questions about it's suitability, benefits and costs to be considered first. Below… [6 views in Oct]
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Set Up a Community Swap Shop: For any community looking to move to a lower carbon, more sustainable lifestyle, reducing waste has an obvious appeal. While recycling and composting… [6 views in Oct]
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Insulating Water Pipes and Tanks: Saving energy doesn’t come much easier, cheaper or quicker to yield benefits than by simply insulating water pipes and tanks – and while we all know… [4 views in Oct]
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Eco Friendly Insulation Materials: When it comes to saving energy, everyone knows how important it is for your home to be properly insulated and few things offer such a quick return… [4 views in Oct]
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Coppiced Willow for Energy: Growing willow for energy is nothing new for the UK – it’s has been done for very nearly the last 40 years – but with today’s mounting interest in both… [4 views in Oct]
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Planning Your Community Project: Proper planning is essential for any community project – and it should start at the very beginning, as soon as the idea of doing anything first… [4 views in Oct]
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