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Category Archives: Eco Homes
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The Residence – luxury holiday homes with a conscience
Combining leading-edge sustainable design, a boost to the Cornish economy and a shared ownership model which makes 5-star living more affordable, The Residence at the award-winning Gwel an Mor resort in Portreath is an exciting new development designed in harmony with its own and [read more]
November 11, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, News, Property & Real Estate, Sustainable Development, UK.
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The pros and cons of renewable heating for your home
As a householder considering how to save energy in your home, once you’ve improved the efficiency using measures such as insulation and double glazing, the next step may be to install a microgeneration system to provide heating and hot water from a renewable [read more]
November 11, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, Home Improvement, News, Property & Real Estate.
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Avoid rogue traders when it comes to researching renewables for your home
Most of us know about the environmental and energy saving benefits of renewable technology and we’ve heard there are grants available to homeowners to help fund their installation, but how can be we be sure that ‘green’ improvements will be carried out safely? [read more]
September 24, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, Home Improvement, Property & Real Estate, Sustainable Development, UK.
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Around £1 billion wasted each year by UK households because they ‘can’t be bothered’ to insulate their properties
According to new research from E.ON, one in 10 UK households is missing out on huge savings by not having their cavity walls and lofts insulated, claiming that they simply ‘can’t be bothered’. Other excuses given include having too much clutter in the [read more]
September 2, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, Home Improvement, Property & Real Estate, UK.
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The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP)
Cathryn Hickey, from the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies, explains who’s eligible and how to take advantage of the scheme. The Government is offering money towards the cost of heat-based renewables for some homeowners, under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP). Launched [read more]
August 15, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, Property & Real Estate, UK.
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New properties save homeowners money on energy bills
Energy provider E.ON’s announcement last week that gas bills will increase by an average of by 18.1% and electricity prices by 11.4%, with effect from 13 September 2011 supports the huge rises in energy prices confirmed by the UK’s other major energy providers in [read more]
August 10, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, News, Worldwide.
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Estonia is home to new carbon negative properties
Estonia is no longer Europe’s best-kept secret, with increasing GDP growth, record numbers of tourists and a commitment to renewable energies and eco developments. The smallest of the Baltic countries is certainly making its presence felt. According to Statistics Estonia, the government agency [read more]
August 7, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, Estonia, Property & Real Estate, Tallinn.
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Your home could make you money
Cathryn Hickey, from the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies, explains the steps we can take to make a dent in household expenses while doing our bit to cut carbon. “There’s never been a better time to ‘go green’, with cash-back incentives from [read more]
July 28, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, Property & Real Estate, Sustainable Development, UK.
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Marinas near your Red Sea home
The Egyptian resort towns of El Gouna and Taba Heights, two luxurious resort towns on the Red Sea, are growing to provide the perfect mooring for yachts of all sizes and developing to keep up with yacht owner’s expectations. Abu Tig Marina in [read more]
June 21, 2011Posted in Beach, Eco Homes, Egypt, Sailing.
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Luxury sustainable marina resort, Porto Montenegro, joins Sustain Worldwide
Located in the UNESCO World Heritage Bay of Kotor, Porto Montenegro features state-of-the art marina and collection of waterfront and village promenade homes. Opened just over one year, the first 185 berths at Porto Montenegro are at near-full capacity and another 465 berths [read more]
April 19, 2011Posted in Eco Homes, Property & Real Estate, Sustainable Development.
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