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92% of housing consumers in Australia would like information on the energy efficiency of homes from service providers as part of sale and lease processes, while 89% said that an energy-efficient home would be more attractive to buy or rent, recent research by the CSIRO and Common Capital for the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for […]

A new Father’s Day survey found British dads reduce energy bills by an average £220 per household through constantly reminding their kids to turn off unnecessary lights and heating, according to a news report into this matter. The survey by British Gas revealed that the average household could cut down on 37 hours of energy […]

The European building stock constitutes the largest single energy consumer in the EU, with about 35% of buildings in the EU being over 50 years old and not energy efficient. And in order to make the buildings more energy efficient and cut energy consumption and CO2 emissions, mobilising private financing is a key initiative. Global, […]

The Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland (HEEPS) introduced by the Scottish government aim to make sure that everyone in Scotland who needs help with their energy costs, is able to save money and keep cosy, a source suggests. Under HEEPS, people in need could potentially get help to cut their bills and make their […]

Plans for building a new energy efficient green heat network across Bristol have been approved and allotted the necessary funding by the Mayor of Bristol, a news report has recently been able to suggest. The £5 million funding will go towards building a low carbon heating network across the city and is an important plan […]

The Competition and Markets Authority’s proposal to relaxing rules governing switching sites in an attempt to boost competition and drive down prices could actually leave households worse off, a letter signed by six small energy suppliers has recently warned. Currently, most switching sites follow an industry code requiring them to give users a clear option […]

UK households could save up to £75 on their energy bills under a new energy price cap announced by OFGEM, a recent news report has been able to suggest. From the end of this year the upper limit for default tariffs, known as standard variable tariffs (SVT), will be set at £1,136, based on typical […]

Automatic occupancy detection can help solve a problem that’s costing homes and business around the UK up to £800 on energy bills: leaving the lights on when a particular area or room are not in use. According to a recent news report on this issue, 10 per cent (around seven million) Britons regularly left all […]

Following in the footsteps of the other Big Six energy suppliers, ScottishPower has also announced a second price rise for its customers this year, a news report has been able to suggest. Hence, ScottishPower’s standard variable dual fuel tariff will increase by 3.7% from 8th October 2018 – adding £46 to customers’ energy bill and […]

Installing a low-cost building management system (BMS) can help you reduce energy usage and therefore somewhat dampen the negative effect of the latest round of energy tariffs rises announced by the UK’s largest suppliers. The first Bix Six supplier to announce a price rise was British Gas, who is adding £44 to the typical fuel […]

The total number of households switching energy suppliers in 2018 has already reached 3.2 million, and it’s likely to rise even further as home owners face new increases from the Big Six energy suppliers. Just under half a million (477,106) customers switched supplier in July, a report from Energy UK suggests. Small and mid-tier suppliers […]

Improving the energy efficiency within one’s home can result in benefits for human health and well-being, economic productivity, environmental quality and urban development, the results of several new research projects at The University of Manchester’s Urban Institute have shown. The COMBI project (‘Calculating and Operationalising the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency in Europe’, funded by […]