What about renewable energy sources?

Did you know that you can use natural – or renewable – energy sources like heat from the sun or wood to heat your home and water? There are three main options suitable for home use.

Ground source heat pumps take natural warmth from the ground and can potentially use it to meet all your heating needs at home. Loops of pipe are buried underground, and transfer heat from the earth into the home. This transferred natural warmth can be used to heat rooms and, in some cases, water as well. A typical system is able to produce all the heat necessary for a well insulated detached home. It could also save you up to £800 a year on heating bills – and cut your CO2 emissions by up to eight tonnes.

Biomass is made up of plants and untreated wood or wood waste. With a special biomass boiler, this fuel can be a cost-effective way to heat a home. In fact, a detached house in an area with no gas supply could save around £200 a year on heating bills and cut your CO2 emissions by around eight tonnes a year. Above all, biomass is a carbon neutral fuel. Although the fuel produces CO2 when it is burnt, this is balanced out by the amount of CO2 the plants absorb in their lifetime.

Solar water heating uses heat from the sun to work alongside your conventional water heater. It works via solar collectors on the roof, which soak up the sun’s energy, then transfer it to the hot water cylinder – warming it up throughout the day. Solar water heating in a three bed semi detached home with south facing roofs could take care of around a third of your hot water needs, and save around £40 a year in energy bills – cutting your CO2 emissions by up to 350kg a year.

Source: energysavingtrust.org.uk

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