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Act now on insulation
24/02/2012
Northants Warm Homes, a partnership of all district and borough councils in Northamptonshire, is urging homeowners to act now on home insulation.The group estimates that 60 per cent of the heat from a home can be lost through its walls and roof if it...
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson has come under attack from a Labour MP for failing to deliver on his home insulation pledge.Labour assembly member Murad Qureshi accused Mr Johnson of falling well short of his target for insulating homes in the capital,...
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Insulation part of artist's eco-homes plan
17/02/2012
Energy efficient insulation is part of modern artist Damien Hirst's plans to develop 500 eco-homes in Ilfracombe, Devon.The North Devon Journal reports that a representative of Hirst told a recent town meeting that the artist wants to develop far...
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Home insulation and other methods have made 124,000 Welsh homes more energy efficient, according to the government.Environment minister for Wales John Griffiths was asked by the South Wales Evening Post to outline what the Welsh government is doing t...
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Energy action group given insulation grant
14/02/2012
Transition Town Cheltenham (TTC) has been given a £70,000 government grant to help improve energy efficiency in the town.The Gloucestershire Echo reports that energy campaign groups that make up the TTC will put the money towards improving the ...
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Council to hold insulation information day
13/02/2012
Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is to hold a 'Home Insulation Information Day' this month as part of its 'Green House Project'.On Saturday February 25th at St Ives in Cambridgeshire, homeowners thinking about insulating their h...
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Homeowners in Hampshire have been warned that they are "paying dearly" if they have a poorly-insulated home and a cold snap strikes.Hampshire County Council says that a third of heat is lost in a house through the walls and over a quarter t...
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Scots who do not have adequate home insulation should be penalised, an energy campaigner has suggested.Alex McLeod, the chairman of the Association for the Conservation of Energy, told The Scotsman that "apathy" was putting Scotland behind ...
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Home insulation could become compulsory
06/02/2012
Home insulation improvements could become compulsory if proposed changes to the Building Regulations in England are approved.In the consultation document, "consequential improvements" will be required when a homeowner carries out extensions...
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Insulation products offered free by council
03/02/2012
Leicester City Council is offering insulation products such as loft and cavity wall insulation for free.The scheme is free for all private households living in the 'priority' areas, which have been identified using aerial thermal imaging tech...
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