Home Energy Efficiency - Projects and Costings

Have you a project that affects the energy usage of your home, either existing or planned, new build or upgrade? Then we would like your help to put together real facts and figures, problems and issues, tips and advice for others wishing to work towards sustainable living and reducing their carbon footprint.

Unfortunately we do not have any home energy efficiency projects at the moment, but we are interested in all aspects of sustainable building and living, whether that's improved insulation or high efficiency household products - if you can help

Welcome to realityGreen - the site specifically designed for those aiming for modern but sustainable living. Here you will find articles and links looking at both the environmental and economic benefits of systems and equipment available to those wanting to embrace sustainable living. If you are interested in individual sustainable projects, then the links to these appear below the news items under the various menu categories.

Sustainable Living - Home Energy Efficiency

10/20/2010 6:54:51 AM	Britain launches smart grid project Plans for Britain’s largest smart-grid project have been released. The project encompasses 14,000 homes and businesses and will test the impact of low carbon technologies, such as electric cars and solar panels, on the grid, in order to ultimately help British homes and businesses cut their carbon footprint, reduce their energy use, and save significant money.

10/20/2010 6:34:41 AM	Glass tiles to cut heating bills Swedish company, Soltech Energy, recently received the gold medal for this year’s hottest new material at the Nordbygg 2010 trade fair in Stockholm, Sweden. The award was for the company’s home heating system that uses glass roof tiles that allow the sun to heat air that is then used to heat the house and cut energy bills.

10/20/2010 6:10:07 AM	Domespace rotating wooden house on show at Bordeaux Taking up a large section of the Eco Habitat zone at the recent Viv'expo exhibition in Bordeaux was a walk-in cutaway model of a rotating wooden house known as Domespace. The domespace can rotate to make use of solar gain.

10/20/2010 5:27:30 AM	EU Project to accelerate use of LED lighting The European Uniion's three-year Consumerising Solid-State Lighting (CSSL) project aims to develop technology and application breakthroughs as well as new market approaches in order to speed up the availability of affordable high-quality LED lamps to replace the ordinary light bulb in the home.

9/20/2010 7:59:42 AM	Sticker claims upto 10% improvement in solar panel performance New and unique ways of making solar panels more efficient in power generation are coming to light every day. This latest device is a large transparent sticker applied to the front of the panel which increases the power output by about 10%.