by Lyn Beinat | Oct 28, 2019 | Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency
Awning Window Treatments Well as you can see, these are the kitchen window. We have a few things going on here. Firstly, as well as developing ecoGlaze (secondary glazing) in this home, we do continually test other things, and on this window, we’re testing one of the...
by Lyn Beinat | Oct 25, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency
Panel LED, Painted Ceiling & Solarventi Outlet Sometimes things are done for aesthetic reasons and others are done for energy reasons. So above us, we’ve got these LED panels which we use to replace the previous energy-intensive lighting. When these panels came,...
by Lyn Beinat | Oct 21, 2019 | Cooler House, ecoMaster Home, Thermal Efficiency, Windows
Renshade Roller Blinds The blind that you see behind me is a Renshade chain pull blind. Renshade is this material that you see. It’s reflective on both sides, it’s got little holes in it, and it’s amazing at stopping the heat. In particular, it’s great for western...
by Lyn Beinat | Oct 21, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency
Stainless Flue Hot Water Heating In the early days here, one of the first things that we did was we decommissioned the two central gas-fired heating systems. Now, because we live in the countryside, it was LPG. It was really expensive to run and not very helpful...
by Lyn Beinat | Oct 21, 2019 | Cooler House, Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency, Warmer House
Draught Proofing the Living Room The journey really started with draught-proofing. In the living room, it turned out that there were a lot of draughts. We didn’t really think that it was a draughty place, but when you look carefully, there was quite a lot to do....
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