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Category: Energy efficiency

Getting our traditional granite houses to zero carbon by 2045

Posted on April 26, 2022

Come to our discussion on insulation, draught-proofing, and zero carbon heating of traditional granite houses, to be held on Tuesday 3rd May, 7-9 pm, via Zoom. Go to Eventbrite, Aberdeen Climate Action events.

Improving the energy efficiency of a traditional stone house – second edition

Posted on September 19, 2014

Now that the energy refurbishment of our house is complete, I have brought my report up to date, 2015. While the house is much more cosy and energy use is a third what it was in 1998, the work would …

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Electric cars and vehicle to grid energy transfer

Posted on April 4, 2019

In writing a section recently on Electric Vehicles for this website “sustainability-in-practice”, the experts I talked to kept emphasising how battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are going to improve city air quality, our grid and the efficiency of renewable power generation. …

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Old House Eco Handbook

Posted on September 19, 2014

A fuller summary of this book, subtitled “A practical guide to retrofitting for energy-efficiency and sustainability”, by Marianne Suhr and Roger Hunt, in association with the Society for the protection of ancient buildings, will be written soon. If your house …

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