Environment Agency Publishes Energy-Efficiency League Table

The Environment Agency published its first performance league table for energy efficiency among businesses and public sector organisations this week, as part of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficient…

Minister Commits Government to Supporting Renewable Energy

A government minister stressed the Coalition’s commitment to renewable energy this week during a meeting with providers in Bristol. Junior minister for the Department for Energy and Climate Change Charles Hendry said…

Underfloor Heating Keeps Sheltered Housing Green and Cosy

A new £7 million sheltered housing complex in Edinburgh offers a range of cosy and energy-efficient features, such as underfloor heating, solar panels on the roof and a communal gas-fired…

£1.9m Campervan Boasts Bar and Underfloor Heating

Underfloor heating is just one of the home comforts available in the world’s most expensive camper van, which is on sale now for a mere £1.9 million. The eleMMent palazzo, sold…

Underfloor Heating Keeps London Zoo Tortoises Toasty

London Zoo recently called on the unique qualities of underfloor heating when seeking the ideal conditions to help conserve a rare species of giant tortoise. The zoo was seeking the best conditions…

Power Cut Causes Protest at Underfloor Heating Prison

A prison protest in New Zealand at the weekend led to the facility being placed into lockdown after a power outage put pay to their television and underfloor heating. The power…

Salford University to Host Conference on Renewable Energy Developments

The latest energy-saving developments in underfloor heating are just one of the topics to be showcased in the new year at the Green Power Forum (GPF). the University of Salford’s remarkable Eco…

Shipping Container Dwellings Are Here

The Daily Mail reported this week on a somewhat unusual idea for a ‘des res’; a converted shipping container decked out with underfloor heating and other mod cons to make…

Pompeii Villa Reveals Roman Underfloor Heating Pioneers

The Musee Maillol in Paris has just opened a startling new exhibition, a full reconstruction of a Roman villa from the doomed city of Pompeii. The reconstruction uses 2,000-year-old artefacts…