An increasingly large part of household income is devoted to heating and powering the home and this will escalate with Peak Oil and Climate Change.
About a third of a household's carbon footprint also comes from heating and power consumption, but this can be reduced with investments that pay much better returns than normal safe savings accounts and bonds.
Most people are aware of this, but never get round to doing anything for various reasons:
- they are not sure what would make sense for their particular situation
- there may be physical obstacles, such as clearing a loft
- they may not be aware of suitable contractors or suppliers
- the difficulty of managing the work required if there are installation problems
- the problem of understanding what grants are available
To help with these difficulties, Colwall Greener has set up an Energy Advice and Assistance scheme - to find out more about the project, which has been supported by the Malvern Hills AONB, click on the links below.