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Home-made power

February 9, 2007

I had a somewhat romantic notion that when I move I’d be as green as I could with my energy consumption. Central to that idea was solar panels, photovoltaic cells and a small wind turbine strapped to the chimney. They’d provide at least some of the electricity I’d need. Proper logs in the grate would [...]

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Seeing the light

February 8, 2007

Asda, Tesco and others are massively subsidising their energy saving light-bulbs, and even if you can’t get out to a store there are online retailers like Energysavers Direct, who are popping them out at just 99p. More accurately called Compact Flourescent Lamps, these replacement bulbs outlive ten of their conventional equivalents and save around £7 [...]

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Green tunes

February 6, 2007

Going green forces you to audit your life, for while there are some obvious things you can do to make a difference – walk rather than drive, recycle your papers, turn down the thermostat and so on – it’s the little things that you often miss out on. And so I’ve been thinking a lot [...]

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Greener homes, higher bills?

February 1, 2007

How’s this for confusing? On the one hand (if you search long and hard enough), there are apparently grants for greening up your home by adding wind turbines of solar panels to your roof. That’s pretty forward thinking, and it looks like it could pay off in more ways than one. Not only do you [...]

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