Jon Bumstead
Update 12: Flying Without Instruments
“You cannot manage what you don’t measure” goes the old management adage. During the lockdown, I was struggling to understand the...
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jonbumstead
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Update 11: Not yet net zero, but the costs are !
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...
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Jon Bumstead
- May 23, 2020
- 2 min
Update 10: The Price Plunge
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...
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Jon Bumstead
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Update 9: The Art of Agility
Day 18 of the Covid 19 lock-down. There is press speculation that home energy consumption could increase by 25% or more from enforced...
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Jon Bumstead
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Update 8: The Heat Miser
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...
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Jon Bumstead
- Mar 9, 2020
- 2 min
Neutral Home 7: Timing is Everything
Update 7: Timing is Everything Despite one of the wettest Februarys on record, solar generation increased to over 15 kWh/day, comfortably...
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Jon Bumstead
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
Neutral Home 6: The Energy Data is Illuminating !
We have been running the new PV array and battery storage for eight weeks now and my first discovery is how illuminating and interesting...
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Jon Bumstead
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
Neutral Home 5: Using the Sun When We Want It
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...
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Jon Bumstead
- Nov 21, 2019
- 2 min
Neutral Home 4: Living Without Gas – The Heat Pump Experience
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...
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Jon Bumstead
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min
Update 3 : Switching- How Hard Can It Be ?
Switching electricity providers can turn into a living nightmare - especially where 3 phase supply is concerned.
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jonbumstead
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
Update 2: You can't manage what you don't measure...
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...
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jonbumstead
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
"We are just talking about this Jon ..."
We started our sustainability journey late one night in 2006, when my boss humbled me: "We are just talking about this Jon ..." I vowed...
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