The Hidden Health Risks of a Cold Home – And Why Staying Warm Is So Important A warm home is about much more than comfort. It plays an essential role in protecting our physical health, supporting mental wellbeing and creating a healthier place to live. When temperatures inside a home fall below 18°C, the effects can…
What is Home Retrofit? Home retrofit is the process of improving your property’s energy performance through a range of carefully planned upgrades. By reducing heat loss and improving efficiency, a retrofit can help lower your energy bills, reduce carbon emissions, and create a more comfortable, healthier living environment. Rather than making isolated improvements, a professional retrofit…
How Choosing the Right Energy Tariff Can Lower Your Heating Costs Installing an air source heat pump is a great way to improve your home’s energy efficiency. However, what’s often overlooked is how much your electricity tariff can influence the overall running costs. With a growing number of UK energy providers offering tariffs tailored specifically for…
A Practical Guide to understanding how an Air Source Heat Pump works for UK Households As the UK moves steadily towards its 2050 net-zero target, many homeowners are rethinking how they heat their properties. Improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon output are now key priorities, an air source heat pump (ASHPs) is becoming an increasingly popular…
A Clear, Practical Look at why your heating system is losing pressure Few household issues are as irritating as having to constantly top up your boiler pressure. You repressurise the system, it runs perfectly for a while, and then—days or weeks later—the pressure has dropped again. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone in asking ‘Why…
A Clear, Practical Look at Comfort, Cost and Efficiency Should you leave your heating on all the time? It’s a question many homeowners ask, especially as energy prices change and interest in efficiency increases: is it better to leave the heating running, or to switch it on only when you need it? There isn’t a one-size-fits-all…
A Combi Boiler is an Efficient, Modern Heating Choice for Today’s Homes Choosing a heating system can feel daunting, with so many options available. From traditional boilers with hot water cylinders to system boilers, heat pumps and hybrid solutions, each has its own role. That said, for many UK homes – particularly those aiming to improve…
5 Practical Ways to Save Energy in Your Home (and how HEART can help) In the face of rising energy costs and increasing awareness of environmental impact, improving your home’s energy efficiency is more important than ever. The good news is: you don’t have to make drastic or expensive changes to save energy. With some thoughtful…
Improving your home’s energy performance doesn’t need to be expensive or difficult. With energy prices rising and climate targets tightening, small changes can have a real impact. Even better—if you live in an eligible area, you might qualify for free home upgrades through the HEART scheme. Here are five simple actions to cut energy use —…
The Case for Insulation and Efficient Heating Across Great Britain, 31 million people are living in homes that are cold, draughty, and expensive to heat. These poorly insulated properties not only impact comfort and wellbeing, but also drain household budgets and place pressure on the NHS and energy networks*. But there’s good news: millions of these…
