FIFA’s Chinese World Cup Sponsor Sees a Bright Future
Football fans may recall last year’s World Cup and their big name backers such as Coca-Cola and Sony, but it’s rather unlikely they remember a Chinese solar company who was associated with one of the two biggest sporting events, the Olympics being the other one, in the world. Image sourced ...
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 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 moreSummary of Garden ER’s Final Episode!
What an amazing episode to finish off an amazing gardening series. I was really looking forward to see the Celeb Garden section which features Bonnie and the Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps star, Will Mellor. Ever since I started to watch that show, I was hooked ...
Read moreBonnie’s Blog of Wow Factor ‘Naked Garden’ Episode 8
This garden has a luxurious, contemporary feel. Glass boundaries evoke a sense of security associated with sectioned areas, whilst the transparent nature maintains the feeling of spaciousness. Hydrangeas are not typically associated with contemporary schemes, but in this garden they have been planted en mass and this unusual use of ...
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 moreNew Materials to Create New Breed of Solar Panels
New research has revealed that a carbon-based material has been developed, which could offer a low-cost and sustainable way to harvest solar power. Good news for our purses and wallets! This is where it gets slightly scientific. A transparent conductor has been invented which is made of readily-available carbon nanotubes, ...
Read morePhilippa Forresters’ Solar Installation
It is fairly typical of this country that the day that we had waiting so long for, the installation of my solar panels didn’t so much dawn as slowly emerge, and the kind of day that emerged was the rainy kind. Not just drizzle or mizzle the fine misty rain ...
Read moreLock, Stock And Two Solar Panels
Everyone is getting on the solar-coaster to make their homes more energy efficient, including Hollywood director Guy Ritchie. He is attempting to reduce his carbon footprint by generating his own electricity, Mr Ritchie has submitted planning permission to the Wiltshire council for the installation of photovoltaic solar panels. Madonna’s ex-husband ...
Read moreRiots in England, Protests in Australia
Last week we saw the horrific scenes of riots and looters across the UK, but now it is Australia’s turn at a protest against a possible carbon tax. Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard has an environmental strategy she wants to stick to, but this includes a carbon tax that would ...
Read moreNew Heating Incentive
The world is economically unstable at the minute so setting up a stable future is key to the government’s plans, so their new heating incentive could help with the dream of a greener future. There are approximately 4 million homes not heated by mains gas in the UK, which means ...
Read moreSolar Monkey
Everyone is pushing their green credentials to the maximum all trying to live more energy efficient lives by changing the type light bulbs in their home, using less water, growing their own fruit and vegetables, installing insulation and even solar panels. Who would have thought our toys would now be ...
Read moreFirst Carbon Neutral City
Sadly, it is not a city in the United Kingdom, it is in fact in Southeast Asia, a city called Puerto Princesa in the Phillipines. Most countries are now looking for ways to lead carbon neutral lives, which is easier said than done, but for this one city in the ...
Read moreBeware the Rogue Solar Salesmen
As solar panel sales are at an all time high everybody seems to be looking for ways to save money on their ever increasing energy bills. They’re also trying to live greener lives, so it comes as no surprise that there are rogue traders out there trying to get in ...
Read moreVertical Streets
I am always looking at new and inventive ideas (probably because I am not clever enough to think of my own) and happened to come across this blog. Rising land prices seems to mean rising buildings in major cities, so CK Designs have come up with this Vertical Street idea ...
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