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How important is air-tightness to energy efficiency?
Posted by Tim Pullen on 24th June 2009 at 11:07 am
A reader recently asked about a seeming conflict between the modern approach to building energy efficiency which, amongst other things, focuses on good air-tightness standards, and combustion appliances, such as wood stoves, most, but not all, of which take their air from inside …
Posted in: Energy efficiency, Biomass
Is your council blocking your solar PV installation?
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 12th May 2011 at 11:05 am
A new campaign is calling for local councils to stop making it difficult for householders to install renewable energy. Government policy says that in most cases domestic renewable energy installations are permitted development. Yet this isn't stopping councils like Eden Valley in Cumbria from ma…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity
Council's planning policy stands in the way of solar progress
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 24th May 2011 at 9:06 am
West Lancashire Borough Council is the latest to be caught demanding that homeowners formally apply for permission to have solar panels installed – something the Government has said is not required. The council is writing to residents telling them "it is in your own interest to submit a formal …
Posted in: Solar electricity
Planning permission and building regulations: the rules for solar installations explained
Posted by David Hunt on 14th June 2011 at 9:50 am
Councils asking for planning permission, or building regulations applications for solar panel installations has been much in the press of late. Indeed much of that press has been linked to the campaign by YouGen and ourselves. The campaign has been picked up and supported by shadow climate change…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity
Eden Council backs down in solar building regs battle
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 29th July 2011 at 12:33 pm
We won. Our three month campaign, launched by Eco-Environments and supported by YouGen, to end chaos surrounding planning and building regs for solar panel installations has succeeded. Eden District Council in Cumbria, has confirmed to Eco-Environments that it will no longer require people to apply …
Posted in: Solar electricity
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