Paul Maunders | Web log

Last month, the government launched a new “feed-in tariff” subsidy scheme for renewable energy installations that will see them pay up to 36.5p per KWh of energy produced.
At current prices, an installed 2 KW PV system costs around £12,000 (£6 per installed watt), and it’s estimated you would save / earn around £830 a year [...]

Our office currently runs standard fluorescent strip lights (1500mm T8 tubes) throughout, with over 60 bulbs across 3 floors. We are considering upgrading all the lights to LED bulbs, in order to save power and to make them compatible with an office automation system (to turn them on and off automatically).
Energy savings
So, how much energy [...]

Over the past few weeks I’ve been watching Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s Chicken Out campaign on Channel 4 with interest and it certainly has opened my eyes to the appalling conditions in which we raise our feathered friends. I guess I’ve always known that battery hens were kept in cramped conditions, but not to such an [...]

Let’s face it, cars aren’t going to go away. As a means of private transport they are extremely popular for their convenience, comfort and the personal freedom they offer their owners, so anyone who suggests that we should all give them up and use public transport instead is mad. However, there is no denying that [...]