Have you ever wondered what the inside of the houses look like that are built within our Climate Chamber at Energy House 2.0? While our rigorous testing schedule means we can’t offer in-person tours within the houses, we’ve got the next best thing for you! Thanks to Saint-Gobain, you can now take a 360° virtual tour of […]
In 2024, the Friends of Energy House 2.0 awarded funding to three projects focused on raising awareness about sustainability. These projects were evaluated by the Friends against various criteria, including overall impact, value for money and long-term sustainability. University of Salford’s, Silvia Tedesco: Greener Houses of the Future aim to engage year 5 children from deprived […]
Have you been considering using thermal paint to assist with internal insulation? Do you think they may save you money in the long term? Our Thermal Measurement Laboratory’s Quality Manager, Ian Rattigan, has been on today’s BBC Morning Live to provide some interesting findings. To watch the segment on iPlayer, skip through to 15:15.
Late last year we undertook some work at Energy House 1 for Anchor Magnets to provide testing of their Warmroom magnetic radiator foil project. The testing simulated space heating during a typical UK winter day, to measure the products ability to reduce heating costs and improve energy efficiency. What is Warmroom? Warmroom is an easy-to-use […]
In December we announced that we were once again opening our doors to our state-of-the-art Energy House 2.0 facility! Tours are operating from Tuesday, 11 February 2025, to Thursday, 13 February 2025. While spots have filled up quickly, we still have a few slots remaining at 09:30 AM on Tuesday, 11 February, and 1:15 PM […]
Dave Farmer recently featured on BBC Radio 4’s Sliced Bread to discuss some cheap and not so cheap domestic space heating energy saving measures. The values provided on the program were based on work undertaken by the team at Energy House 1. Judge for yourself whether you think these measures are SB (the best thing […]