Wintry drafts snaking through an old house usually indicate that it needs insulation. Insulating your home is essential for warmth, energy efficiency, comfort, and indoor air quality. However, if an ...

Sean McNeill, of Concave Energy, an SEAI-registered BER assessor in Kerry, explains that it’s a decent standard to achieve for a retro-fitted house. “There are many routes into it. It’s probably a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our homes, intended as sanctuaries of warmth, are frequently failing, allowing heat to escape and contributing to ever-increasing ...

Our homes, intended as sanctuaries of warmth, are frequently failing, allowing heat to escape and contributing to ever-increasing energy bills. The answer lies in implementing energy-efficiency ...

The UK has undoubtedly made solid progress on raising the energy performance of homes over the last 20 years. However, it remains the case that many people’s ...

Britain’s housing stock is among the most challenging in Europe to retrofit, with many homes built before energy efficiency standards existed. Old structures, complex designs and poor insulation make ...

Research Fellow at the Leeds Sustainability Institute, Leeds Beckett University Insulation is designed to make heating our homes more efficient, but if it isn’t installed properly it can sometimes ...

Insulation is designed to make heating our homes more efficient, but if it isn't installed properly it can sometimes lead to condensation, damp and mold. Recently UK government ministers revealed the ...