For many years now the message has been pure and simple: We need to cut down our consumption of energy. Not just because a lot of it is wasted unnecessarily but also because this waste has a significant effect on the environment.

How Much Energy are you actually losing?

With regards to wasted energy in the home, insulation is the way forward. Research by the UK’s EST (Energy Savings Trust) indicates that a property without insulation looses a massive forty-five percent of the heat inside through solid walls, twenty-five percent through the attic, twenty percent through doors and windows and thirty-three percent through various other types of wall. Without argument, that is a lot of waste and so a lot of money flowing out of your home every minute of every cold day – and there are a lot of cold days in the UK!

The Research Speaks for Itself…