Our energy advice team would like to remind you about the spray foam insulation scam warning put out by Devon Trading Standards earlier in the year. You can read the story here. Some of the key points from the article are here: “Customers are often cold called and subject to hard sale techniques to persuade…
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Major Funding Win for Home Retrofit Advice Services
South West consortium one of six successful bids for new government funding Plymouth Energy Community and partners of the Far South West Retrofit Consortium (FSWRC), including Tamar Energy Community (TEC) are about to embark on an ambitious £1.4m project to design and test new methods of retrofit advice delivery across the South West region. The…
Read MoreLEDs … Festive and day-to-day lighting
LED bulbs are far less expensive to run than the more traditional incandescent (or tungsten) and halogen alternatives. As an example, a traditional 60w incandescent bulb used for an hour and a half per day over a year would cost £11.18p based on the energy price guarantee price of 34p per unit. An equivalent LED…
Read MoreHelping others through the energy crisis
Energy conversations The energy crisis has encouraged more of us to think about energy and our usage, and the impact on our communities, businesses, and energy security in general. This growing interest is welcomed. We encourage conversations amongst friends, family, neighbours and within the community to share knowledge and understanding; and importantly, as a way…
Read MoreDraught busting and glazing
It’s getting much cooler in the evenings now and you might be starting to feel any draughts you have in your home. A draft is usually a sign of inadequate insulation which allows cold air to enter a home while warm air will leave the same way. On average 15-20% of the heat loss from…
Read MoreHelping our Purses and the Grid
You may have heard discussion about the potential for energy blackouts and whether householders and businesses should be encouraged to ‘turn it down’ or ‘shift demand’. The likelihood of blackouts is, we understand, remote. The opportunity for turning down and/or shifting demand is real, considerable and can save you money. One of the causes of…
Read MoreLiveWest slow cooker promotion open until Oct 24th 2022
LiveWest is offering people living in a LiveWest property or people receiving a service from LiveWest the opportunity to win a slow cooker and save money on their bills. Check out before Oct 24th 2022: https://www.livewest.co.uk/my-community/win-a-slow-cooker-and-save-money-on-your-energy-bills
Read MoreThe Energy Price Guarantee and what this means for you
On Thursday 8th September, Liz Truss announced the government’s new Energy Price Guarantee – new support for households and businesses replacing the Energy Price Cap mechanism. What does this mean for households? The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will mean that an average household should pay no more than £2,500 a year on their energy bills,…
Read MoreOur autumn energy advice and retrofit programme
Are you interested in energy saving and improving the energy efficiency of your home or business? Come along to one of our events and have a chat … You may be thinking about options for saving energy and improving the energy efficiency of your home (retrofitting), but not sure where to start. Here at Tamar…
Read MoreMinimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES)
The Domestic Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) Regulations set a minimum energy efficiency level for domestic private rented properties. The Regulations apply to all domestic private rented properties. They are legally required to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) which has been assessed within the last 10 years and has an EPC rating of A to E or…
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