The new flagship Barker and Stonehouse store on Teesside Retail Park is being brought to life through the creation of the first living wall and roof on Teesside. Thousands of colourful plants will soon transform a south-facing wall and ...
Tags: Green features, Insulation, Furniture
XL Hybrids, Inc., developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 4 commercial fleet vehicles, today announced that it has raised $3 million in a pre-Series C debt financing round from WindSail ...
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One of the UK's longest established renewables companies, Dulas Ltd, has been awarded a £4.3m contract by housing association First Wessex to install solar PV technology on up to 1,000 of its affordable homes across the south of ...
Tags: Solar PV, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
When you start looking for the best car tyres, the first thing you'll need to do is check what tyre size and specification you need for your car. This information is specified in your car's handbook, or on the sidewall of the tyre itself. ...
Tags: tyre, auto parts
UK households could reduce their annual energy bills by more than a fifth (21 per cent) by switching their traditional energy supplier to the cheapest available producer. This could see an overall saving of up to £3.8 billion for ...
Tags: energy saving, energy bills, Households
Inflation in the UK held at 2.7 per cent for the third consecutive month in December, in line with forecasts, as a result of a rise in gas and electricity bills. Indeed, figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics found that ...
Tags: Inflation, UK, gas, electricity
New figures compiled by Saga has shown that the UK's 12.85 million pensioners spent as much as£17.4 billion on electricity and fuel bills in 2012 alone. The average yearly spend on fuel bills for the over 65s in the past year ...
Tags: electricity, fuel bills, financial worries, LED
With the spiralling fuel bills that come with the onslaught of winter worrying many householders paired with the range of price increases introduced by a number of energy suppliers this year, many homes are struggling to stay warm and light ...
Tags: fuel, energy supply, lighting, money saving, energy
Switching your energy supplier could save homeowners between £200 and £300 on their annual energy bill, according to one leading energy efficiency service. As the National Energy Action's (NEA) Sarah Wright notes, a number of ...
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When in the past they predicted the future, three key things were imagined: first, zeppelins would be tethered to every tall building. Secondly,c. And thirdly, every lightbulb would be cc. But while we all float to work in our zeppelins ...
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Almost nine out of every ten Brits will be rationing their energy use this winter in an attempt to swerve the much-publicised price hikes introduced by a number of the Big Six energy suppliers. According to new research undertaken by ...
Tags: energy, householders, energy suppliers, heating
Up and down the UK,wizened old women and haggard old men are trudging to the edge of cliffs,pointing vaguely out to sea,one ancient eye closed against the wind."W-winter is c-coming,"they warn,a blanket clutched around their eerie little ...
At some indiscernible point in the recent past,there was a sea change in the way Brits think about energy efficiency measures around the home.Before this ethereal moment,those who made their houses more sustainable were often doing so ...
Tags: LED, Economic Climate, Energy
When renovating a bathroom, many homeowners take the 'splash and dash' approach: a quick coat of white paint, a few new tiles, then move out to somewhere bigger and better. However, with the game of 'climb the property ladder' less and ...
Tags: Bathroom Accessories on Rise, luxurious room, Tim Wood
There are a hundred reasons to replace your light fittings, probably a million: the main one being, 'if you switch out your old fixtures for more energy-efficient ones, you'll save yourself some money'. But it's not just homeowners who ...
Tags: Bathroom Light