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Jia writes simple, fact-checked UK home energy guides about energy bills, heating, solar panels and practical ways to cut home energy costs.
Your supplier keeps offering you a smart meter, the letters sound faintly urgent, and you may be wondering what is actually in…
If your home feels cold upstairs in winter no matter how long the heating runs, your loft is a likely culprit. Warm…
One degree on the thermostat can be worth around £90 a year, so the temperature you choose matters more than almost any…
A battery is the most common add-on offered with solar panels, and the one most likely to be oversold. Installers may present…
Winter is when energy bills bite hardest — but it is also when the savings are biggest, because most of what you…
“Solar panels pay for themselves” is a claim you will hear a lot. The honest answer is: often yes, but over years…
Some appliances sip electricity. Others gulp it. Knowing which is which matters, because the cheapest energy saving is simply using the thirsty…
Solar panels are one of the biggest home improvements most people will ever price up, so it helps to know what a…
Walls are the largest surface of most homes, so it is no surprise they are a major escape route for heat. The…
“My house is Victorian — a heat pump would never work here.” It is one of the most common things installers hear,…