Underfloor heating is more effective than using radiator systems, one specialist has insisted.
Derrick Wilkinson, director of Gr33n, emphasised that heat pumps operate more effectively if an ambient temperature is present across the year.
"If you've got a heat pump it's a constant temperature, so works much better with underfloor heating, which can run at a constant [...]

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The use of secondary glazing can help to reduce heat loss significantly, one expert has outlined.
The glass looks to be increasing in popularity at the moment, with Ian Hall, head of sales at Granada Secondary Glazing, noting that his business has just seen the two biggest years of growth in its history.
Mr Hall explained the [...]

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The use of secondary glazing can help to reduce heat loss significantly, one expert has outlined.
The glass looks to be increasing in popularity at the moment, with Ian Hall, head of sales at Granada Secondary Glazing, noting that his business has just seen the two biggest years of growth in its history.
Mr Hall explained the [...]

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Excess heat from steel plants could be utilised to heat Sheffield and decrease the city's carbon emissions.
This is according to specialists at Sheffield University's engineering faculty, who believe that the numerous steel plants situated just outside the city centre could be attached to an existing heating network.
Professor Vida Sharifi, who led the research, suggested that [...]

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E.ON has announced that it will not be increasing its gas and electricity prices this year.
The company's decision comes after it revealed that it made less than two per cent profit from supplying gas and electricity to UK homes in 2011.
Dr Tony Cocker, chief executive of E.ON UK, said: "E.ON will not raise residential prices [...]

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