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Solar water heating: lagging behind…and catching up
Steven's super-insulated cupboard achieves blog immortality by Steven Harris So yesterday morning I read the blog post that the solar water heating field trial report has been released. Yes, a little...
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A brighter future for social housing?
Admittedly slightly later than planned, the report on our LED field trial is out today. It’s not just any LED field trial. Specifically, it looked at the potential of the technology in communal spaces...
View ArticleLEDs: on the bright side
We were very pleased to see our lighting supremo James Russill quoted at length last week in a BBC piece on the new wave of LED lighting that the major players in the field are talking up in a big...
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Rio+20: twenty points of progress
The Energy Saving Trust was established on the back of the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. With that in mind, we’re marking the start of the anniversary Rio+20 today with a list of 20 things that we think...
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Mind the gap to make a Green Deal breakthrough
A bit like the reactions required to engineer consumer trust. Kind of. Having been to a dozen or so meetings, debates and roundtable discussions on Green Deal over the last six months, it’s clear...
View ArticlePedal potential
Our microgeneration man Ian Cuthbert recently used this blog to lay to rest the idea that you could pedal your way to powering your home – advocating the reliable gains of solar PV over drafting...
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Micro-wind picking up again?
When we take on a technology field trial, we start from a position of neutrality. We certainly want low-carbon technologies to be performing brilliantly, but if they’re not, steps need to be taken...
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Retrofit, data sets and the inventor of the internet
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the internet to Energy Saving Trust may not seem like the most obvious leap – but it is one we can rightly claim, albeit via one of our closest links. We’re a fairly...
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The big blogs of 2013
Last year we counted down a top ten based on views alone. This year, here is a selection of blogs highlighting key moments of the past year. January District energy: the quiet revolution? Bringing...
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The potential of water source heat pumps
Renewable heat is in the news more than ever, with energy security issues like the Russia-Ukraine crisis piquing interest in the energy we can generate right here. Even a less talked about technology...
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