Heat your home and generate electricity
The first thing that comes to mind when we hear the words ‘micro–generation’ is wind turbines and PV panels – not now – as Baxi introduce the Ecogen which is the first, commercially available micro-CHP (Combined Heat and Power) unit … Continue reading
Energy Saving Trust spent £272,000 to be top of Google
Energy minister Joan Ruddock has revealed that the Energy Saving Trust spent £272,000 + VAT over the past 12 months on Google adwords – this is a form of advertising where organisations pay for their webpages to appear at the … Continue reading
Making eco-bling pay – “Feed-in” tariffs for microgeneration announced
It’s great news that the government has announced details of the UK’s Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for small scale low carbon energy production. Sust-it’s wind-turbines are whizzing away as I write, but so far it hasn’t been financially worth trying to … Continue reading
Top of the washers for Beko for energy efficiency
Sust-it’s energy efficiency chart for washing machines has been dominated by expensive machines, but not now, as Beko have taken the
Sust-it’s pedal power helps power TV house experiment
Scheduled to go out tonight (8pm – 9pm BBC 1), in the run up to the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, the Bang Goes the Theory Special TV Event will be showing how much electricity we use and abuse without even … Continue reading