Heating
Subscribe to this categoryThe cost of heating our homes has shot up, faster in the UK than in most places in Europe. From central heating and thermostats to price comparison and heating oil, Living’s Heating section is all about the struggle we all face to keep our homes warm and our bills down.
Shock: I’ve saved on electricity
A couple of weeks back I had a pleasant surprise, when my gas usage turned out to be 19% lower this winter ...
Retrofit for the future
There are currently 26 million homes in the UK, with some 85% of them expected to remain lived-in by ...
Are energy prices double what they should be?
There have been some alarming statistics bandied about of late. Hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ ...
Chills, bills and bellyaches
October means Halloween. Ghosties, zombies and surly teenage trick-or-treaters - all pretty scary. Not ...
Energy sapping
The sun’s out again over much of Britain, and it certainly seems like this summer’s shaping ...
Worried about money? Save your energy
Even if cutting the carbon emissions from your home doesn’t grab you, it’s likely that saving ...
Heated debate
The nights are drawing in and we’re getting a bit chilly. We’ve even been tempted to turn ...
The appliance of science
We’ve been reading and writing a lot about gadgets, chargers and all kinds of appliances that use ...
