EDITOR’S COMMENT & CONTENTS Too much today, too little tomorrow


tarting this month, the Government’s Green Home Grant will be allowing homeowners to apply for a £5000 voucher to make their homes more energy efficient. Updating the insulation of a property can greatly reduce energy waste and cost.


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This is probably something a lot of people have become keenly aware of through lockdown, as being home almost double the usual amount of time every day has meant using more water, more electricity and more energy in general over the past 6 months.


As ironic as this is going to sound coming from the editor of a building services magazine, I know what it’s like to live in those freezing conditions. For over a year, I’ve been living in a house with no central heating system and no hot running water. Lockdown meant that getting a gas connection to my property was delayed by months, the ancient electric ceiling heating system was disabled last summer, which left me with an electric fireplace and an electric blanket as my two sources of warmth through last winter. One night was so cold, I woke up with brain-freeze.


In terms of hot water, having a bath used to involve boiling the kettle several times and running it up and down the stairs (what I now think of as the Downton Abbey experience).


The Green Home Grant is a definite step in the right direction when it comes to keeping everyone safe, warm and able to afford food as well as energy, and will hopefully also act as a helping hand for independent tradesmen and building services companies that had their hands bound by lockdown.


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