Eco Open homes Forest of Dean September 2011
Are you around Gloucestershire this weekend? (10/11th September) As 28 homes and businesses throughout the Forest of Dean and Newent will be open to the public demonstrating how to save money and CO2 through energy saving design and technologies. This … Continue reading
Light the office with monitors – they use less energy!
Great progress from Philips in designing a computer monitor that uses less energy to run than a low energy light bulb. The Energy Star approved 19 inch 27 inch business monitor which reduces its power consumption by 80% when not … Continue reading
Could British Gas price rise be used to offset Ofgem £1m fine?
After its £1m fine for failing to provide accurate information on the amount of electricity supplied from renewable sources, it’s nice of British Gas spend some of its £740m profits on full page newspaper ads telling us how they can … Continue reading
Do energy labels mean what they say?
When you buy a freezer with an ‘A’ energy label, you expect it to be just that and perform accordingly. So finding out that another company had been prosecuted for misleading energy labelling, didn’t fill me with joy. It did, … Continue reading
Don’t buy a washer dryer if you’ve got the space!
‘Jack of all trades master of none’ certainly applies to wash dryers, these clever appliances that can do all your washing and drying in one go, sound great don’t they? The only problem is they’ve got an incredible thirst and … Continue reading
