Both the winning Grand Design Best New House of the Year 2013 and the highly commended runner up featured an underfloor heating system designed and installed by Eco experts Terra Therma Limited in Essex. Terra Therma are extremely proud to be part of the highly skilled construction team that built the award winning Long Farm […]

Grand Designs Live exhibitor Terra Therma is the South East’s leading provider of underfloor heating and renewable energy systems. Terra Therma has built a reputation for its experience and expertise in designing, installing and maintaining underfloor heating systems that provide luxurious warm floors to both domestic properties and large commercial installations, with perfect climate control […]

We had a fantastically busy weekend at Build It Live at Glow, Bluewater. From 10am on Saturday morning until 5pm on Sunday we met a host of great people who are either building or renovating their home. Our underfloor heating and renewable energy solutions proved extremely popular and we had plenty of new materials to […]

We’ve got a busy few weeks of exhibiting coming up with our newly created stand at Build It Live at Glow, Bluewater on the 23rd and 24th February followed by Ecobuild at Excel London from the 5th to the 7th March. You can visit the website for either of the events via the links below, […]

Designed to be interactive and informative, our next demonstration Eco House open day is from 9am to 2pm on the 16th February. It has been attracting scores of visitors since its official opening last November due to its innovative design and the products on show. It shows interactive working examples of the latest innovations in […]

As with many grand or stately homes in the UK, the original heating systems of Belton House in Grantham and Swan House in Boston were rather antiquated and inefficient. But the National Trust, who owns both of these Lincolnshire properties, have recently completed green energy makeovers for both buildings. Belton House now has an advanced […]

The Association for the Conservation of Energy warned this week that government cuts have cut the budgets for energy-efficiency schemes in half. Slightly more than “500 million in government funds has been set aside for the schemes, compared to over “1 billion in 2009, while the well-subscribed Warm Front scheme will go entirely after the New Year. […]

Supporters of underfloor heating have long championed it not just because of its energy-efficiency, but also because it can lead to a healthier home. What’s the substance behind the healthiness claims? Underfloor heating is beneficial to asthma sufferers, because it warms rooms evenly, meaning that air does not move around as much and does not […]

The National Trust reported this week that one of its most popular Lincolnshire attractions has been given an energy-efficient makeover, complete with smart energy monitoring and underfloor heating. Belton House in Grantham, built in 1685-88, has long suffered from a heating system befitting its times, but now it can boast a highly eco-friendly environmental control system installed under […]

An Oxfordshire farmer has caused countryside lobbyists to rise up in anger over his plans for a new wind turbine. John Laming already lives in a highly energy-efficient eco-house, with ground source heat pumps powering his underfloor heating and rain harvesters, but he also wants the 20-foot high 15kw wind turbine to provide power for heat units on his […]