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Welcome to Home Energy Saving tips. This website is dedicated to providing information on reducing energy usage in the home and saving you money and the environment
With energy and gas prices raising daily there has never been a better time to save energy around the home. Nearly half of the UK's Carbon Dioxide emmisions come from suppling enegry to UK homes, helping yourself is also helping the environment
Energy Saving News
21st May 2008 - Energywatch: UK Energy Prices are 'Catastrophic' -Energywatch chief executive Allan Asher told a regulatory reform hearing that the UK energy supply is under the control of a "powerful oligopoly" where firms "do not feel the need to innovate or compete". Since 2004 average British household energy bills have climbed from £580 to more than £1000, a rise of almost 81%. The price comparison service Uswitch has warned that if wholesale energy prices keep rising consumers could be paying more than £1300 by the start of 2009.
20th May 2008 - Gas Bills to rise 20 percent - Experts warn that Gas bills could rise by 20 per cent as a result of the recent fuel crisis. UK Industry analysts believe that disruption to a third of our gas supplies following the strike at an oil refinery may lead to a £200 increase on the average annual bill of £1,200, as the rising cost of wholesale gas is passed on to the consumer. The 48-hour walkout over pensions began yesterday, at the Grangemouth refinery, in Scotland.
13th May 2008 - Hypermiler.co.uk now online - Hypermilers are drivers who exceed the manufacturers estimated fuel efficiency on their vehicles by modifying their driving habits. With prices at the pumps rocketing day by day the Hypermiling bug is an easy way to both increase your MPG and save you money. Hypermiling could be a serious saving - not just for you but for the environment. check out Hypermiler.co.uk
April 22nd 2008 - National Grid has today announced that it has set a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. Since 1990 the National Grid has already cut emissions by 35 percent. They aim to achieve the reduction in emissions by linking carbon budgets with performance management. Tjey also announced plans to adopt new carbon budgets across its UK and US electricity and gas businesses from April 2009.
April 20th 2008 - Website Update!! Out top tops pages has now been updated with even more top tips on saving energy in your home. Check out our Top Tips Page and start saving today
April 17th 2008 - A planned biomass boiler at Bradford University could help the institution save up to £6,000 on heating bills per year. According to the University the new boiler (to be installed by September 2008) will cost £327,000 and will replace three gas-fired boiler. The university's energy officer Rob Bradley stated government carbon emissions targets set to come into place in 2010 influenced the purchase of the biomass boiler.
April 14th 2008 - A report released by government has shown that tt will cost every household in the UK at least £2,000 to comply with the new European Union target of producing 15 per cent of all energy from renewable sources by 2020. The report also shows that the UK will have to spend far more to meet this target than other EU countries, mainly because the UK lags behind the rest of Europe on renewable energy and is a heavy energy user. The UK Energy companies are expected to pass this cost on to consumers - who already facing soaring utility bills
April 10th 2008 - Figures have shown that more than five million people changed their energy supplier last year, a five-year high, according to Ofgem, the energy regulator. Ofgem said Scottish and Southern Energy had overtaken E.On as Britain's second-biggest energy supplier after British Gas in an example of "vigorous competition" in the market. Customers who have yet to switch could still save an average of £92 a year, despite all the major suppliers increasing their prices, according to the regulator. Alistair Buchanan, the Ofgem chief executive, said: "Five million account switches shows that suppliers who don't offer competitive prices will lose customers."
April 8th 2008 - Uni-Select, one of the most important Car Parts dealers in the United States, has announced that by installing a new lightning system for its warehouse in Washington, they're saving a considerable amount of energy. Uni-Select partnered with Lime Energy to replace thier metal halide lighthing with high-output fluorescent bulbs and fixtures that use 50 percent energy. The switch over to fluorescent saves over 375,000 kWh per year and has drasticly reduced their electricity bill.
March 31st 2008 - In Scotland plans have been announced that will make it easier for householders to install solar panels, wind turbines and ground heat pumps. The government is considering plans to enable solar panels, ground heat pumps and wind turbines to be installed without the need for planning permission, provided they were not in a conservation area.
This is all part of The Scottish Government recently announced plans to introduce a statutory target to reduce Scottish emissions by 80% by 2050. This can only be a good thing, heres hoping this is introduced across the UK.
28 March 2008 - The most UKs most environmentally-committed areas revealed today by the Energy Saving Trust (EST). They have found that Lanarkshire, London, County Antrim and Dyfed are leading the way in energy awareness. According to the Energy Saving Trust the top five areas' commitment to the environment could save £6.3 million and 44,000 tonnes of carbon. Now thats ALOT of money!
26 March 2008 - The wind industry is set to adopt new standards for domestic wind turbines. At the BRE Small Scale Wind Seminar the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) launched a new performance and safety standard. The Small Wind Turbine (SWT) standard will enable people to compare prices of small wind systems as a result of extensive testing of various turbines.
