Energy Efficiency

Stuart Duff – Executive Editor at Installer – speaks to Daniela Rendon Ortega, Vice President Digital Buildings Business Development Europe Operations at Schneider Electric, about energy efficiency, sustainability, and electrification. Q: You offer products that cover all aspects of smart buildings. How are these integrated to provide an energy-efficient solution? Daniela: Schneider Electric’s solutions are […]

Steven Heath, Technical Director at Knauf Insulation Northern Europe, looks at the goals of the Warm Homes Plan and how we might just make a success of it. Let’s deal with the first bit: ‘Why it won’t work’. Media headlines have attacked the government’s plan for warmer homes as not certain to save households money […]

A survey by Screwfix has found that UK tradespeople feel more confident in their energy efficiency knowledge than ever, helped by an 8% rise in training courses being completed in the last year. The survey also revealed that two thirds (66%) of all jobs conducted by the nation’s tradespeople over the past year have had an energy […]

A recent survey from Screwfix found that more than half (54%) of all jobs being carried out by UK tradespeople over the past year have had an energy saving focus. John Cruickshank, Screwfix Top Tradesperson 2023 finalist and Owner of Cruickshank Plumbing, shares the energy efficiency questions his customers are asking: When it comes to […]

New study by Danfoss shows roll-out of demand-side flexibility technology can achieve annual societal cost savings of €10.5 billion by 2030, and 7% savings on electricity bills for households: A new analysis commissioned by Danfoss reveals that an ambitious but realistic roll out of demand-side flexibility technology in the EU and UK can save 40 million […]