Economical Electric Heating

Electric heating is the safest, most convenient, easily installed and efficient method of heating a home. That said; one thing it is not renowned for is being economical. This needn’t be the case though and, with electric heating prevalent in many modern flats and refurbishments, it is important to know...

5 Quick Steps to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

We’re always looking for ways to cost-cut around the home – buying non-brand alternatives from the supermarket, switching the TV off at the mains at the end of the evening – but there are plenty of other, simple ways to reduce your energy consumption and carbon footprint all at the same time. Who knew...

7 Tips for Choosing Home Insurance Wisely

The main reason why home insurance is so complicated is that the policies and the marketing material surrounding them are hardly transparent. Also, we often associate this insurance product with the sales techniques that some brokers are using. Nevertheless, home insurance is a very useful product and it has...

E.ON Innovation Has Been A Great Success

As the E.ON Innovation crowdsourcing project draws to a close, it’s time to look back at the challenges and find out how many green ideas the Great British public has come up with. You may remember my first post about this unique community-driven effort that coincided with the new Channel 4 show...

Time to Change your Smoke Alarm?

Living a sustainable lifestyle also means living safely. When it comes to fire safety, nothing can beat a good smoke alarm. It’s one thing that you don’t want to be stingy about. Smoke alarms save lives and it’s your responsibility to keep your family safe. Although in Britain installing smoke...

What Will You Do for the Earth Hour 2012?

It’s just 10 days till this year’s “Earth Hour”. It’s another attempt to draw attention to the ever growing environmental problems. This action was initated by the WWF in 2007 as a way to raise awareness. This the Earth Hour will be observed from the outer space for the first time. Pictured...