The sound of a bottle popping may be a familiar harbinger of good, but the humble material behind the pop has more uses than ...

Retrofitting includes a variety of alterations to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Find out more on this and possible interventions.

Conversations centre on finding ways of improving insulation and eliminating draughts. While the Government’s national retrofitting plan, started in 2022, got off to a sluggish start ...

Bradley Van Der Straeten reduced this Tottenham home’s energy consumption by two thirds in a project that saw it fitted with cork insulation ... adding insulation and silver foil panels behind ...

The energy price cap was hiked by more than 10 per cent from October, sending the average annual household bill up to £1,717.

The investment follows more than three years of collaboration between Iberdrola and RTS, focusing on developing solutions using cork, hollow ceramic microspheres ... has established itself as a leader ...

A pair of status orange weather warnings have been issued Cork, Clare, Galway, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford, with Met Éireann forecasting "significant snowfall accumulations" on Thursday.

What was a key learning point from this project? Cork is a fragile material so needs to be treated carefully – even after installation. The insulation is quite rough and ready and can easily be ...

Spray foam insulation is applied with a spray gun and expands to fill a given area, setting to form an insulation layer Homeowners with spray foam insulation are struggling to sell or remortgage ...

A quarter of the UK's biggest mortgage providers refuse to lend to homes fitted with spray foam insulation, a new report reveals The BBC reported that five of the 20 largest mortgage lenders in ...

Homeowners with spray foam insulation are struggling to sell or remortgage as some major lenders are rejecting properties with it fitted, the BBC has found. A quarter of the UK's biggest mortgage ...