“You cannot manage what you don’t measure” goes the old management adage. During the lockdown, I was struggling to understand the...

Update 11: Interim Report – The Results so Far We set out to see if Net Zero was possible in a domestic house. We have come a long way...

Looking for a cure to the lock-down blues? The confluence of events during the past two months of 20% lower Grid demand, coupled with...

Day 18 of the Covid 19 lock-down. There is press speculation that home energy consumption could increase by 25% or more from enforced...

I sound like my Dad ! He was always telling me to close doors and keep the heat in as a kid and I now know why ! The energy consumption...

Update 7: Timing is Everything Despite one of the wettest Februarys on record, solar generation increased to over 15 kWh/day, comfortably...

We have been running the new PV array and battery storage for eight weeks now and my first discovery is how illuminating and interesting...

Last week we had the shortest day of the year in the UK, so I chose a great day to switch on our new solar array ! …well its not where...

21st October 2019 was a milestone, the day that we removed our gas supply from the house for good ! The supply company wanted GBP 960 for...

Switching electricity providers can turn into a living nightmare - especially where 3 phase supply is concerned.

I’ll start with a confession, we didn’t know the energy our home consumed ! Whilst there can be no excuses, there are a few mitigating...

We started our sustainability journey late one night in 2006, when my boss humbled me: "We are just talking about this Jon ..." I vowed...