Red Tape Challenge
Energy efficiency is a key area to the world’s sustainability and a key area for all businesses including Anglian Home Improvements. The Department of Energy and Climate Control and the government have paired up to put the energy market through the Red Tape Challenge. Energy minister Charles Hendry has put ...
Read moreJazz Up Your Windows This Winter
Winter is beginning to take a hold of the country, but if your house is not thermally efficient, you may want to consider double glazing. Many UK homes do not meet energy efficiency standards; new windows are essential if you want to increase the heat retention of properties and cut ...
Read moreGreen Deal To Help Everyone
The Government’s Green Deal is edging closer to its launch, and Chris Huhne, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has been announcing some of their plans to help battle the rising costs of energy prices and improve energy efficiency. The Green Deal is set to invest £14 billion over the next ...
Read moreWarm Front Scheme To Help This Winter
Here at Anglian Home Improvements we are always trying to raise the standard of your home’s energy efficiency, but did you know there are grants available to you for certain work? The Warm Front Scheme is government run, providing heating and insulation home improvements, in a bid to cut the ...
Read moreFeed in Tariff – What Effects Will It Have?
I am sure you all will have seen in the news recently that the government is cutting the current Feed-in-Tariff from 43.3p per kWh to 21p per kWh. It is a change that was inevitable, but it is one that has come abruptly, with the government misjudging the rate of ...
Read moreA Brief History Of Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Photovoltaic solar energy is one of the greatest discoveries of the last 100 years or so, and it is one that is going to be ever more prominent in our day to day lives. Here is how it all started and how I think it could be used in the ...
Read moreLargest Solar Power Stations
Photovoltaic solar power is possibly one of the most important technologies for the future as it has the potential to provide the world with carbon neutral electricity. However, which country is leading the way in energy efficiency and where is the biggest Solar Power station? In 2008, the total worldwide ...
Read moreThe Celebrity World Of Solar
Solar power is the energy of the future, it is free to generate, using the suns rays to create electricity and hot water, but it is not yet a mainstream energy source. Anglian Home Improvements are already doing our bit to help the British public become more energy efficient with ...
Read moreEnergy Saving Week – Tip 5
It is the final day of Energy Saving Week and the final tip from Anglian Home Improvements, so I hope that you can start using these tips to make your home a energy efficient fortress. Tip no. 5 is to install a condensing boiler. You may think to yourself, “my ...
Read moreAnglian Building Products Win Insulation Contract
Anglian Building Products are proud to announce they have been awarded a contract with South Essex Homes to install external wall insulation. Earlier this year, they were appointed to insulate seven blocks of sheltered accommodation in Kingfisher and Sandpiper Close, and have since been given an EWI contract to insulate ...
Read moreEnergy Savings Week – Tip 4
We are nearing the end of Energy Savings Week and we hope the tips so far have been of use to you and your home. I learnt a lot from yesterday’s blog about lifestyle changes and I have even tried incorporating them! I nearly always cleaned my teeth with the ...
Read moreEnergy Savings Week – Tip 2
It’s day 2 of Energy Savings Week, but what are you doing to save energy? Our tip for today is insulation. So many homes are poorly insulated costing the homeowner hundreds of pounds extra each year, but it is something that can be easily sorted and not cost the earth. ...
Read moreBBC Bristol Interview with Philippa Forrester & Anglian
Here is a video featuring Philippa Forrester having an interview with BBC Bristol about saving energy and lowering the cost of fuel bills with some handy tips! Most certainly worth a listen, especially if it helps to save those pennies for Christmas presents! Anglian Home Improvements, formerly known as Anglian ...
Read moreWorry For Brits as Big Freeze Approaches Struggling Households
Anglian Home Improvements commissioned a YouGov poll, asking people when they will be turning their heating on, and how they are going to stay warm this winter. Over a 5th of the UK population will not be turning their heating on until at least November, even though the cold front ...
Read moreHydrogen Cars Are the Future?
Everybody knows that we cannot continue to use fossil fuels forever, so we need to come up with new ways to run our vehicles, factories and homes. One of the latest methods being trialled and tested by car manufacturers is using hydrogen. The UK especially, has stepped up its game ...
Read moreHousing Problems – In Need of Help?
According to the National Housing Federation (NHF) there is an under-supply of houses, which is boosting rented accommodation, but killing home ownership. In light of this, the government has made more public land available for building, with £4.5 billion being invested in new lower-cost homes over 4 years. This should ...
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