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  • Merry and Bright: A Green Christmas With Balsam Hill

    by Mars 28 December 2023

    With the Christmas festivities just behind us, it’s a fitting time to reflect on the aspects of our holiday celebrations, particularly the energy consumption of our decorations. This year, our …

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  • Check your electricity tariff to see if you’re being overcharged

    by Mars 24 December 2021

    As air source heat pump owners, the running costs of our central heating system are based on the price of electricity. For us, the sweet spot as a tariff is …

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  • The cost of being green

    by Mars 24 November 2021

    As the headlines from COP26 vanish from news-tickers, it’s a good time to reflect and take stock of our personal sustainability journey. Our air source heat pump is about to …

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  • The Cost of Sustainability

    by Mars 5 August 2021

    We are at a crossroads. We committed to going down the sustainability route when we moved into Home Farm, and one of the major upgrades was installing an air source …

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  • Feed-in-Tariff payments and changing electricity provider

    by Mars 10 December 2020

    We have received a few emails and messages recently about the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) and what people should do when changing electricity providers. Here’s our advice based on our own experience.

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  • Air source heat pump electricity consumption in October

    by Mars 1 November 2020

    We’ve received numerous questions recently about the hourly consumption of our air source heat pump (ASHP) from people that are considering switching to energy providers that offer flexible, smart metre …

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  • Do solar PV panels work in the UK? An honest, objective assessment

    by Mars 10 March 2020

    We installed our solar system in March 2019. We questioned whether solar PV panels work in the UK, but made the decision to proceed because we thought they would, and …

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  • My Multimeter arrived today

    by Mars 10 February 2020

    We’ve been having some electricity and underfloor heating issues, so I’m thrilled that my multimeter arrived today to help me diagnose potential issues. Our first task will be to find …

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  • Autumn Solar PV Array Review

    by Mars 13 December 2019

    Our 6.16kW solar PV array was tried and tested during the spring and summer. With autumn behind us, it’s time to see how well our array has done with shorter …

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  • GOTO.energy review

    by Mars 18 November 2019

    It’s been two months since we switched to a new energy provider, so it’s a good time to discuss our first impressions and write our GOTO.energy review.

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