A couple of months ago I never thought I'd get to the stage of turning the ground source heat system on, let alone proclaim it a success. In the last 3 years the house has never gone above 18°C but in the last two weeks it's been a permanent toasty 20°C. I feel like sending [...]

This week I got dumped. Our ground source heat contractor emailed to say that, despite a start date 2 weeks away, they were pulling out.  My initial reaction was to direct all my anger towards them, accusing them of incompetency, laziness, misselling etc. But then I realised that the real culprit here is a government [...]

I've done a scary thing this week - I've signed up to replace our gas boilers with a ground source heat pump (GSHP for short). I'm in good company though because Cambridge Terrace, the largest residence in London after Buckingham Palace is doing the same, although on a rather larger scale. Switching from gas to renewable [...]

Our architects who have worked tirelessly to design a modern, ecological kitchen extension to our energy-guzzling, draughty abode are, understandably keen on renewables. And so am I, providing they suit our energy and heating requirements.  This post covers solar pv - the research I've done and the questions I've asked to determine whether it's a good option [...]