No energy saving action since May? Has the summer sunlight, lack of cold draughts and central heating switched off put it all from my mind, or does it show that saving energy takes time, as I haven’t had much time since May.
After her visit on 16 April, I received my Home Renewables Adviser’s ‘Home Report on Renewables and Energy Efficiency’ on 16 June. Its 29 pages leaves nothing out and provides a comprehensive guide to energy efficiency and renewable technologies. Most of the information is generic, although angled to my stated interest in installing renewables, and including conclusions formed from the rather crude analysis of my property. But it does provide a more focused assessment of potential cash and C02 savings than the previous Home Energy Report. But these do not amount to much: the greatest annual saving of £83 they estimate would be achieved by carrying out unspecified additions to my heating controls – presumably a room thermostat which is the only heating control I do not have. The report rates my house in the D band for Energy Efficiency, with only modest improvements from a D55 to a D57 achievable if I carried out their lower cost recommendations (heating controls and some more low energy lightbulbs). Installation of solar water heating might save an additional £53 per annum and 0.3 tonnes of C02.
But with the renewables grant scheme (which would have provided 30% of the costs of such an installation up to £4000 maximum) closed by the Scottish Government with two weeks notice in July, will I even bother to get quotes now? My mind is instead turning to more draught-proofing on the sash windows.
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