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ECO4 on Skill Builder Channel It was a real pleasure talking with Roger Bisby of the Skill Builder YouTube channel today. Whilst I’m talking about my own experience with ECO4, this is the experience that inspired me to start Nature Society, with view to helping solve injustices at the Nature | Society divide. I’d love
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I was promised a warmer, greener home Two and a half years later, I am still living without heat In February 2023, I agreed to what I believed was a life-changing upgrade: a new heating system and solar panels, funded under the government’s ECO4 scheme, and installed by Consumer Energy Solutions (CES) – a Swansea-based
A Very Personal Story Life has presented many adventures, from cycling through China, to navigating neurodivergence. But, in February 2023, during a long period of severe chronic insomnia, I was unaware that I was about to embark on my biggest adventure yet, courtesy of a real life ECO4 nightmare.
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What are the most important changes we need to make as a society to reach zero carbon? We’ve known the causes of the climate crisis since the 1970s. Yet in 2023 — the hottest year on record, scarred by deadly wildfires in Canada, Greece, and Hawaii, catastrophic floods in Libya and Pakistan, and lethal heatwaves
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The Hidden Path to ECO4 Escalation The steps installers and accrediting bodies don’t want you to know about By accepting an ECO4 grant, homeowners are unknowingly placing both their homes and health at possible risk. When things go wrong, the journey to justice is long, fragmented, and stacked against the individual. This broken system was
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Are Air Source Heat Pumps Worth It? For homeowners, the real question isn’t whether ASHPs are “good” in theory — it’s whether they’ll work in your home, and whether the investment is worth the disruption. Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) are one of the main low-carbon technologies promoted to cut emissions and reduce reliance on
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