Get Energy Efficient Windows

If you’re home is single glazed or your double glazing was installed prior to April 2002 then you could be losing heat and therefore money, literally out of the window. However, by switching to Energy Efficient Windows (EEW’s) you can save energy and reduce your household bills by as much as *£461 per year.To help make choosing Energy Efficient Windows easier for householders, the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC), has launched a ratings system, based on the energy label found on all new washing machines and tumble dryers. All windows are rated from ‘A’ to ‘E’ with ‘A’ being the most energy efficient. This labelling allows householders to simply and quickly compare the energy efficiency of competing products.So what are Energy Efficient Windows? They are windows that help to contain and conserve heat within your home during the winter, cool it in the summer, keep out wind and resist condensation. They can be made using any frame you choose, timber, PVCu or aluminum.

If you live in a single glazed house and install Energy Efficient Windows, you could reduce the energy you use by 0.30 tonnes or 18% - almost reaching the Government target of 20%. Add to this other energy saving measures and you could be making a real impact in reducing your carbon footprint.

Have you switched to green renewable energy yet?
If you’ve been with the same energy supplier for a while then you could save yourself money and your carbon footprint by checking out the green, renewable energy market. Many suppliers offer some kind of green, renewable electricity tariff, and many consumers are wasting money by not checking out the renewable energy market on a regular basis.

This advanced renewable electricity comparison and switching tool the only one dedicated solely to renewable energy and has been developed from an extensive pilot with 30,000 customers. This tool compares the environmental credentials, prices and service rating of ALL the renewable energy tariffs available to you. However it only compares the ones that have been proven to draw their electricity directly from renewable sources. You can find out how much you can save by going green, with out any obligation.

In just a few minutes you can reduce your CO2 footprint by up to 2 tonnes/year and cut your home fuel bills by up to £150/year.

Even if your already on a green, renewable energy tariff you may well find a better deal by switching. When we checked we found we could to pay less than a standard ‘dirty energy’ tariff.

Reduce your carbon footprint and your bills. Check it out. You may be pleasantly surprised. You can save money on your phone & gas as well.

Switch to clean, green, renewable electricity now

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A new consumer report explores the contents of dishwashing detergents and the negative effects they can have on our health and on the environment.

A recent study has discovered that a common dishwashing detergent ingredient, styrene-acrylate copolymers, can cause cancer at concentrations of 21 per cent. The safety limit for styrene is only 50 parts per million, and the side effects are reported to include headaches, lassitude, dizziness, confusion, drowsiness, unsteady gait, possible liver damage and reproductive effects.

If you’re not really careful to wash all the detergent off your crocks and cutlery, you could end up eating styrene with your food. And even if you do wash off the styrene off it goes into the water system. Fish have been discovered with high concentrations of styrene and other washing-up liquid ingredients: surfactants

In response to these health and environment concerns, companies have developed detergents that are meant to be safer. But not all these ‘green’ & ecological detergents are equally good either in ingredients or effectiveness

Top recommendation goes to: Dishmate Washing up Liquid

Dishmate Washing up Liquid was the hands down winner. Dishmate is so confident of the quality of its short list of botanical ingredients that it claims that “it can be used as a liquid hand soap and bath/shower soap”, and even “softens hands while doing dishes”— surprising for a dishwashing liquid. The surfactants in Dishmate are derived from coconut oil, and Dishmate says that they have excluded cocamide DEA, and put in almond and cherry oils for fragrance and skin care

In the test Dishmate worked as well as well known toxic commercial brands. On cost it is one of the least expensive of the green & ecological washing up liquids (0.005 p per mL) so it is very good value for money given its remarkable quality.

The well known brand Ecover did not do quite as well, with a couple of questionable ingredients. However it was judged to clean well and is a little cheaper than Dishmate (0.002 pence per mL)

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