Underfloor Heating Transforms Water Tower Into Eco-Home
News emerged this week about the latest in innovative eco-homes ? the conversion of a dilapidated Victorian water tower into a stylish and energy-efficient home, making the most of the latest in underfloor heating technology. The tower in Congleton was bought by architect Andy Critchlow for £100,000 in an auction, sight unseen, and was featured in a January episode […]
Continue Reading...Romford Youth Centre Uses State of the Art Underfloor Heating and Floor Coverings
There are new floor coverings being developed all the time for use with underfloor heating and the rapid advance of technology means that the energy-saving qualities of underfloor heating are being enhanced all the time. One of the most recent noted uses of innovative floor coverings came earlier this month in Romford, Essex, when the new MyPlace Youth Centre […]
Continue Reading...Using Underfloor Heating for ‘Eco-Improvements’
The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported this week on the best ways to upgrade and improve older and more architecturally interesting properties ? with underfloor heating being one of the best ways to make an older building cosy without ruining any of the original features. Although many of the properties built in the 1970s and 1980s are none the worse […]
Continue Reading...Australian Engineers Call for Geothermal Investment
Australian engineers have been pushing for their country to invest more in one of the forms of renewable energy with the most potential: geothermal energy. Geothermal energy as a concept dates from the ancient world, unsurprisingly the Romans made much of it when settling in areas with hot springs. Then, as today, the hot waters were used […]
Continue Reading...10 Reasons to Invest in an Eco-Home
With the government keen to encourage more ‘eco-towns’ and developments of eco-homes, it is time that many Britons began to assess the advantages of living in one of these more energy-efficient properties. Here’s a list of 10 reasons why the environmentally-conscious householder should consider moving to an eco-home: Lower Bills. Possibly the greatest advantage of all to […]
Continue Reading...Five Kinds of Sea-Based Renewable Energy
A boom in British sea power is likely this decade, according to the renewable energy industry body, Renewable UK. The organisation has recently said that it believes the sea-powered renewable energy sector will generate some 15,000 new jobs by 2021, as part of a £3.7 billion industry. With renewable energy one of the great energy and money-saving […]
Continue Reading...Ground Source Heat Pumps Power Underfloor Heating
We have written before about ground source heat pumps and their incredible energy efficiency, so it is always good to see more modern developments making use of this excellent green technology in concert with underfloor heating. A new social housing estate outside of Pontefract, West Yorkshire has been installing ground source heat pumps in order to provide […]
Continue Reading...Underfloor Heating Project for Buxton Church
A £500,000 redevelopment near the Derbyshire town of Buxton demonstrated recently how underfloor heating can be used to upgrade a historical building without ruining any of its traditional architectural features. Trinity Church on Hardwick Mount has been undergoing a renovation project designed to bring its facilities into the 21st century. The “Building for Growth” project has taken five […]
Continue Reading...Underfloor Heating – the Architect’s Choice for Green Buildings
Underfloor heating continues to be a highly popular choice among architects, designers and developers anxious to place energy-efficiency at the heart of their new buildings. Two recent examples of innovative new developments in the UK education sector serve to underscore how important underfloor heating is when it comes to providing comfort, style and low energy bills. The Driffield […]
Continue Reading...Renewable Energy Policies ‘Not Responsible for Bigger Bills’
Renewable energy policies are not to blame for soaring energy costs, the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said last week. Instead, the ongoing increase in wholesale and retail gas prices are behind bigger bills, it argued, defending policies aimed at encouraging the use of renewable energy sources and energy-efficient forms of heating such as solar […]
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