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How the R-value of a buildings insulation or home is calculated and the factors that effect the final R value, and how to use it.

Labour is relying on offshore wind and a move away from gas to make Britain a green energy economy. But the transition will not be cheap

As the clocks go back, our experts answer queries about gas and electricity use, be it for drying clothes, doing the washing up or sorting the heating

We needed the gas supply cut off so we could install a heat pump to help the environment

International Energy Agency says transition to clean energy means there will be a surplus of oil, gas and coal

Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quickly

Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than Ulez

We’d like to hear your questions about domestic gas and electricity use – and we’ll put them to our experts

Industry divided over whether plan to vary electricity cost depending on location could make bills cheaper for all

Labour has yet to confirm its plans for home heating or insulation as reliance on expensive gas forces bills up

Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use

Infrastructure essential to decarbonise electricity generation by 2030 met with resistance by those affected

Rising block tariffs and national energy guarantee systems are almost unknown in Europe – but are flourishing elsewhere

Communities affected by construction of renewable energy infrastructure ‘have the right to see the benefits’

At formal launch of state-run GB Energy, PM sets out plan to build enough offshore wind facilities to power 20m homes

Previously the idea was to sell electricity back to the grid, now the object is to power all of a household’s needs