Heating our home!?
We are looking at making our home eco friendly and would like to ask if anyone knows where we can start!
What would be the best way to heat our home, and the best energy supplier or way of supplying energy?
Solar heating, solar power, wood burner, gas, electricity supplier.
Any ideas, mail me!
Start in this order:
1) Electricity supplier (low cost, can be completed in a day)
2) Efficient lighting (low cost, can be completed quickly)
3) Insulation and draft exclusion (high impact)
4) Double glazing
5) Heating sources (changing old boilers etc). I recommend adding a wood burning stove 
6) Solar hot water
7) Solar electricity (high cost, low return on investment)
These pages will give you answers to some questions:
http://www.cat.org.uk/information/info_content.tmpl?sku=info_faq&subdir=information
http://www.cat.org.uk/information/info_content.tmpl?sku=info_home&subdir=information
and they have some great information sheets here:
http://www.cat.org.uk/information/info_content.tmpl?sku=info_is&subdir=information
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