Harry Bratt
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Fuel-poor homes face taking £250 hit due to poor insulation
Fuel-poor homes face taking £250 hit due to poor
‘Shocking gap in policy for better-insulated homes’ – latest CCC Progress report
'Shocking gap in policy for better-insulated homes' - latest CCC Progress
Energy Saving Homes week springs to life across Oxford
Householders will be opening their doors across Oxford city to welcome neighbours and share their retrofits during Energy Saving Homes week – culminating in an event at Oxford Town Hall. Energy Saving Homes will run from 18 to 29 June 2022 and there
Heat pump FAQ: Will my home have space for a heat pump?
Like many householders in the UK, you may be looking into a heat pump as a new method to heat your home, but do you have enough space for one? Most heat pumps (ground source, air source, or water source) used for home heating will be between 4 kW and 15 kW in
Green home transformations get started in Nottingham
Work is underway to turn 77 council homes in Radford into green and energy efficient properties. 28 bungalows and 49 council houses on five streets are benefitting from development works that will increase energy efficiency and reduce heating and energy costs
Upgrading cold and leaky homes could save £10.6 billion a year, says leading think tank
A new report published by E3G calls for the government to take action on energy efficiency to save the taxpayer hundreds of billions of pounds through energy saving measures like insulation and clean electric heat. With estimates that fossil fuel prices will
Nominations open for the Clean and Green Award
Cosy Homes Oxfordshire is delighted to be sponsoring the Clean and Green Award for building traders in Oxfordshire as part of JACK FM’s Brick Awards. Nominees can join us for a glitzy ceremony at the Bodleian Library on 7 October 2022. We’ll be
Heat pump FAQ: How loud is a heat pump?
Like many householders in the UK, you may be looking into a heat pump as a new method to heat your home, but how loud is a heat pump compared to your current heating system? Read on to find out more. Many residents ask us about the sound level of a heat pump,
53% of homeowners want to know more about home retrofit
In a recent YouGov survey, carried out by TrustMark, 60% of UK homeowners did not know what the term ‘retrofit’ means. However, 53% of all homeowners surveyed were interested to know more about retrofit and say they would welcome “an
New project tasked to boost accuracy of EPCs
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has announced a new project alongside BEIS to “modernise home energy rating scheme in time for Future Homes Standard”. As part of a 3-year undertaking, BRE will develop a new version of the Standard Assessment
Our Guide to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
On 1 April 2022, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) came into effect providing £450 million worth of government grants to help homeowners in England and Wales upgrade to low-carbon heating systems, such as heat pumps and biomass boilers. The application and
Energy criteria high on UK homebuyer checklists, survey finds
Buying a cost-efficient and low carbon home with a heat pump, or another form of low-carbon technology, is becoming more important to prospective homebuyers. That’s according to new research conducted by the estate agent, Savills. The analysis shows