Eco Home Centre community work
Some of the more observant of you might have seen that we are a not for profit and that we aim to assist groups and people in Wales to make their buildings more sustainable. Well I thought that it might …
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Definition of Economic
There was a great presentation at a Wales Zero / Low Carbon Hub meeting this year and it mentioned the original definition for Economic. It comes from the Latin Oeconomicus and means management of the household. This is obviously quite …
Spot the Pigeon Problem
Where we are in Cardiff a local Housing Association has been busy installing PV onto their houses. Brilliant, just the ticket. The residents get to use the free energy created during the day, the HA gets the FiT payments and …
Green Deal Measures – What are they installing?
On the news that the Green Deal has installed 1,000 measures I thought that I would have a look at what they are actually doing. I was pleased to see that the bulk of what is being done is really …
PV Solar FiTs clarification
You may have heard about the reduction planned in the Feed In Tariff (FiT) for PV Systems and the various appeals etc that are currently underway. The picture is confusing, but hopefully this missive from REAL Assurance (with whom all …
Rewiring tips
Many older homes are upgraded by a re-wire. This ensures that older electrical wiring is up to modern standards and hence should be safer. This is an expensive process where not only wires, but sockets and switches are also changed. …
ACE Solar Panels – FREE electric (when the sun shines!)
Ely and Caerau are wards in Cardiff and are part of the Welsh Government’s Communities First scheme. They have been working hard to make the project sustainable in the longer term and part of this drive has been to create …
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