Insulation is to help residents of one Yorkshire city reduce their energy bills by almost a third.A scheme originally designed to provide social housing residents with free insulation is now to be rolled out to all households in Sheffield.The Sheffield City Council is to spend £10 million on the first...

Landlords who have installed loft insulation, cavity wall insulation or other energy efficiency measures have not been taking advantage of tax breaks for the home improvements.According to accounting firm Smith & Williamson, there has only been a "low level" of take up for the Landlord's Energy Saving Allowance (LESA).Under the...

A pair of developments built using strawbales will have insulation three times better than building regulations require, according to a local authority. The North Kesteven District Council announced the go-ahead for a pair of semi-detached properties to be made out of strawbale, the first council houses in the UK to...

Almost 2,000 homes in one town have found some relief from energy bills by installing new heating systems, insulation and draught proofing with government assistance.The Warm Front scheme, designed to reduce the energy bills to tackle fuel poverty helped 1,939 households in Yeovil improve insulation and gas heating.According to the...

Almost 1,700 homes in East Sussex have been fitted with insulation as part of a government-funded scheme.Elderly, disabled and low-income residents in Waveney have taken advantage of the Warm Front initiative to gain financial support for insulation.So far, 1,674 homes have received assistance from Waveney District Council, with £2.15 million...

A pensioner who installed loft insulation with government assistance has significantly reduced her energy bills.Margaret Pracy, town crier for Brighton and Hove, used the government's Warm Front scheme to pay for loft insulation on her home.Loft insulation reduces heat leakage, meaning that less fuel has to be used in keeping...

A well-insulated home that acts as a 'thermos' to regulate temperature was built in just six days.The Saffron Housing Trust in Norfolk put up the flat-pack house in under a week, and it will be saving its social tenants' heating bills within weeks.After the first four days, during which foundations...

Insulating their home and changing their behaviour has helped one London family cut their energy Bills by £600 a year.The Broughtons, whose house in Chiswick was named the capital's "greenest" home as part of a British Gas contest, spent money on insulation and draught proofing and reformed their behaviour to...

Energy saving devices, such as smart meters, insulation and energy efficient boilers could help household finances, according to former prime minister Tony Blair.Talking about tackling climate change to CNN, Mr Blair said that it had to be done at the same time as fixing the economy and ensuring national security.The...

Insulation which will reduce a home’s heat loss and cut energy bills is to be recommended to households which are found to leak heat.The Hart District Council has joined up with the Energy Saving Partnership to send a fleet of vehicles equipped with thermal imagery technology through the local streets...