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Ban power showers?
Posted by Barry Nutley on 11th April 2009 at 10:15 am
Banning power showers was the subject of a debate on Jeremy Vine's show on Radio 2 last Monday. It prompted many a response from listeners. The facts surrounding our lack of water in many parts of the UK are reasonably well documented (including on previously blog posts on this site), so the idea is…
Posted in: Rainwater harvesting
Dealing with silt in your rainwater harvesting system
Posted by Barry Nutley on 29th July 2009 at 4:13 pm
Over time, silt will build up at the bottom of a rainwater tank. Imagine you have a bucket of mud and water. If you leave it, the mud will settle at the bottom leaving clear water at the top. If you then empty another bucket of water straight in, the pressure of this water stirs up the mud, making t…
Posted in: Rainwater harvesting
Reducing your energy bills: how to find efficient appliances
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 23rd November 2011 at 9:20 am
How we buy and use electrical appliances in the home has a significant impact on how much electricity we consume - and thus, how high our bills are. So how do we make sure that we buy the most efficient appliance for our needs? With difficulty, it seems, according to The Elephant in the Living Ro…
Posted in: Energy efficiency
Solar hot water and the missing washing machine
Posted by Alister Scott on 9th March 2012 at 10:20 am
Ten years ago we installed solar hot water heating. It's been great, particularly as energy prices have gone up. When we did it, I had one professor of environmental policy (who shall remain nameless) look down his nose at me and say "but surely it'll never be economic?" That was te…
Posted in: Solar heat & hot water
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