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Welcome to MisterGreen
We have added a new topic heading on the left side of the site: ‘INNOVATION'. We are adding new products and great ideas for energy saving home improvements and sustainable remodelling. Click on INNOVATION to find out what's new. Let us know if you have a product or idea that you would like us to showcase. Click here to find out more on our facebook page - Click on a TOPIC in the panel on the left for an introduction to the energy conservation home improvement subject and advice and information.
- The A-Z button leads to helpful definitions and links to more energy saving information.
- Use the SEARCH button above to find all the references on the site to a query about renewable energy, energy saving and their relevance to home improvement.
- Hints and tips-from MisterGreen and contributors, including a handy printable contract for simple building works.
- Contact us-we welcome energy conservation related contributions and comments from visitors to the site-please email us with your feedback. We will attribute all contributions...unless you wish to remain anonymous!
- Click on the 'What's New' button above for news, the MisterGreen blog and innovative products
We hope that you enjoy our site and find it useful. MisterGreen is a new website aimed at homeowners and businesses with older properties with an interest in energy. saving.
There are many excellent websites, such as the Energy Saving Trust , providing advice and information on energy saving and green issues, but at Mister Green we believe that there is also a wealth of information about saving energy (and money) to be had from manufacturers, suppliers and installers when carrying out home improvements - tips and hints, where to find things and how to do it. We believe that it is the small things that matter and we look at issues such as draught stripping, secondary glazing, insulation etc. We think that a sensible answer to a simple question, such as................... ..................is useful information to have Environmental impact is a global issue but the small steps we can take to utilise green energy, as individuals, to make our homes more comfortable and save costs, all contribute.
The occupiers of older buildings are locked into consuming energy and generating carbon emissions. But if we can reduce energy consumption we will make our homes more comfortable at lower cost. New buildings are coming under increasing regulatory control over emissions, insulation and sustainability, but most people live and work in older buildings, built when green issues were low on the agenda. Upgrades to old buildings are less influenced by government controls and more by the actions and needs of the occupants. A government report states: There are more than 26 million homes at present in the UK and between them they contribute more than a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions. The government believes that 3 million more homes will be built in the next 12 years and that as far as possible they will be carbon neutral, but it is estimated that over 23 million of the homes that exist today will still be in use in 50 years time. The average household living in an existing home is responsible for about twice as much carbon emission as one in a newly-built home. (House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee report:Existing Housing and Climate Change 2008) It is often really only cost effective to install energy saving measures when other works such as an extension are being carried out. New extensions often involve alterations to existing plumbing so it is an ideal opportunity to consider energy saving measures which go over and above the requirements of the Building Regulations. One way to judge how cost effective extra works are is to obtain prices for the basic scheme and then to list additional energy saving measures such as solar water heating, insulation to insides of external walls and draught stripping as ‘extra over' prices. One thing that does have to be borne in mind however is VAT- there are different rules for supplying and installing energy saving measures when they are ‘stand alone' measures and may be reduced rated and where they are part of a larger project-where they will be standard rated. The internet has made it possible for businesses to specialise and develop expertise in particular products and services. Through the internet, they have access to a huge number of potential customers and can develop niche sites. Mister Green brings together many of these sites in one place with lots of other useful green information.
Information on the ‘Topic Pages' is provided from our own resources, by visitors to the site and by suppliers installers and experts who are not tied to one particular product or process. We do our best to make sure that the information is up to date and authoritative, but please let us know if you find anything amiss.
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