Are solar panels worth it?

If you’re thinking about using solar panels to heat your swimming pool, here’s some advice on the different types available

THERE IS a clear and obvious need to decarbonise all areas of our life, and while you might not be fully prepared to invest in an electric tow car just yet, it’s not actually that difficult to dispens

Our first trip away in our 1998 project ’van, back in 2023, was great fun, but something of an adventure. We took it away to see what worked and what didn’t. It didn’t take long. Pretty much nothing w

HOW TO DESIGN A HOUSE THAT’S CHEAP TO RUN

The thought of losing of productive arable land to renewable-energy developments can be dispiriting and alarming, but informed local knowledge may be the key to their successful design, argues William Kendall

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