The Government’s Autumn Statement 2022 earmarked funds for the energy retrofit sector. This is resulting in wider availability of grants for retrofit work but is mainly limited to those over 60 or on benefits, or in social housing.

Over the last few months, it has been hard not to hear about the government’s push for the public to move away from fossil fuel heating and instead install air source heat pumps to decarbonise the nation's domestic energy demand

If you live in a traditionally built property, you more than likely have suspended timber floors. If they haven’t already been insulated, you probably have complained once or twice about draughts coming up through the floorboards or the floor being cold as ice on those chilly winter mornings.

External wall insulation (EWI) has become increasingly popular over the last 10 years due to increased awareness and focussed government funding.

Cavity wall insulation isn’t for every house, but if it is, it can make a huge difference to the level of your comfort at home, as well as having the added benefit of seeing your energy bills reduce.

The UK’s housing stock is the oldest and draughtiest in Europe.  As a nation we are far, far behind most of our neighbours when it comes to energy efficiency in our homes.

Pre pandemic, the average person spent 70% of their time at home…

At Hearth we are all about simplifying our day-to-day & working smarter, so we thought it may be handy to put together a little “guide to Retrofit”, after our next three blogs you’ll practically be an expert, or at least dazzle at a dinner party.

Take a straw poll and most homeowners would say that the key to reducing their energy use is to install solar panels or change their windows, and to be honest, from us to you, it doesn't make much sense, not with regards to total energy use and not financially, although there will be properties where this strategy would be the best solution, it really isn't the case for the majority.

Though the UK has slowly improved building standards in new homes (arguably not enough), we can see for energy efficiency and ventilation, existing homes have lagged behind.