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source heat pumps are currently eligible for the government’s boiler replacement scheme grant of up to £6000). If practicalities and/or finances won’t allow that, upgrade your old boiler for a more efficient one.
Investigate solar photovoltaic panels and if you can afford it, buy a battery to store some of the excess energy created during the day for use at night.
Speak to any builders you may consider employing – these technologies need careful installation and should all be part of a holistic plan for a house renovation
Ask locally – for recommendations on technologies and which installers to use.
More detailed advice on all of the above, written by a Transition Oundle member who has just renovated a house to make it super energy efficient, can be downloaded from the energy section of our website.
To develop your knowledge about how your house performs currently, you could book one of Transition Oundle’s infra-red camera surveys (in return for a small donation) which will show where heat loss is occurring and give some tips
on how to counteract it. Furthermore, to get an idea of which energy saving measure will give the best return on investment, get an Energy Performance Certificate (contact https://www. greenenergyswitch.co.uk/epc-services/).
Those on Facebook are invited to join Transition Oundle’s Home Energy Matters Around Oundle discussion group, where you can ask questions or read advice offered by those who are also trying to keep their energy use and bills as low as possible.
To follow up on any of the points mentioned in this article, visit the website: www.transitionoundle.org.uk
contact info@transitionoundle.org.uk or follow @TransitionOundle on Facebook.
This article was written by Camilla Sherwin for Transition Oundle. She works as a Sustainability Advisor for Investors in the Environment www.iie.uk.com
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