energy, Tag

Electricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.

How to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.

Solar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.

Windows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.

Passive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.

More than 30,000 households left with defects after ‘catastrophic failure’ of Tory government schemes

Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’

Tracking data from a chaotic year, from ICE detention and job growth to inflation and the president’s popularity

Researchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politics

Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

State environmental regulator says Valhalla project, set to drill up to 20 gas wells in Canning basin, can proceed subject to conditions

Grants, loans and ‘innovative finance’ will fund green technology, with insulation no longer the main objective

Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills by as much as £1,000 a year

A recent memorandum of understanding between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith represents the inevitable reassertion of economic necessity over the fantasy of “decarbonization” that...

Trust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis shows

A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain

A year after then candidate Trump promised to cut energy bills in half, rising costs are pushing many Americans’ household budgets to the brink

Guardian analysis shows electricity bills were up 6.7% last year, and much higher in some states, and gas bills up 5.2%

Australia’s WorldTour race on my local roads fills me with pride, but as the years go on it feels like hosting international friends in a house that is visibly on fire

Setback for president, who has called windfarms ‘losers’, as Empire Wind project allowed to move forward

Works out how long an investment in an energy storage time shifting system would take to pay back in full. Such systems typically charge a battery during the off peak period and then discharge during the peak period, so saving...

Work out how much power your devices and appliances use with the total cost. Also shows how much standby/phantom power costs you. Helps you save money.

Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices