Search Site
-
-
Facebook Page
Adverts
-
Site Visitor Statistics
Page views since Oct '10: 840334
Tag Archives: energy conservative
Green energy options for Irish schools
Many schools in Ireland put a great deal of effort into making their buildings as environmentally friendly as possible. This helps to reduce their energy bills but perhaps more importantly in the longer term, it provides a good example to … Continue reading
Chipper, turning waste branches into useful mulch
I recently cleared a number of large bushes and hedging in my garden. I was left with a huge amount of branches to dispose of. Normally for small amounts I would bring this to our local recycle center in a trailer but this would … Continue reading
Posted in Existing Building Issues
Tagged branches, chipper machine, energy conservative, mulch, shrubs, waste, wood chips
Leave a comment
The advantages of stoves
If you have an open fire in your home, you should consider replacing it with an enclosed stove (aka closed flue appliance). The saving in fuel to produce the same heat output is incredible. An open fire has an efficiency of around 18%, as the vast majority of the heat simply goes up the chimney. By comparison a quality stove has an efficiency of around 80%. So a stove uses 4 times less fuel to achieve the same heat output. There are other ways the stove saves energy. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Conservation
Tagged energy conservative, energy efficiency, Energy saving tips, flue, heat loss, open fire, stoves
Leave a comment
10 features of future buildings
Predictions of the future are usually completely wrong, apart from it seems when shown on Star Trek. But it may be easier to predict what our future buildings will look like if energy prices continue to rise.As energy becomes more expensive, future buildings will incorporate features which will allow them to be as energy efficient as possible. As these features maximise solar light and heat gain while minimising heat loss, we can predict what future buildings will look like Continue reading
Posted in New Building Issues
Tagged building green, buildings, cladding, construction, energy conservative, engineering, Future buildings, green buildings, heat sink, shape
5 Comments
10 ways to reduce your home energy bills
Tips to help reduce your home energy usage and bills. Typically around 80 % of a buildings energy usage is to heat the building and to provide hot water. Continue reading
Make your home warmer: Roof Insulation Check
This post discusses using the recent snow fall to tell which buildings have poorly insulated roofs, and recommends increasing your building insulation levels to save energy and money. Continue reading
External Boiler Houses: A waste of heat
The madness of having external boiler houses is very clear now that a heavy fall of snow is covering the ground. The photographs below show the amount of heat being lost and wasted from the typical external boiler house. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Conservation
Tagged boilers, efficiency, energy conservative, Energy saving tips, External boiler houses, heat loss
11 Comments
Freezing water pipes in buildings
Winter has taken hold early this year, the record for the lowest temperature ever in November has been broken in the last few days. This morning the temperature was -9 degrees Celsius. With that in mind and as this cold weather is due to last at least a week, I think its worth highlighting, and giving more prominence, to a comment about freezing pipes left on this website by Gerd, see below Continue reading
