According to the Energy Saving Trust (EST), homes across the UK account for 26% of the country’s carbon emissions. Of this, 5% is produced solely by the energy used to heat water due to faulty or old boilers. By enlisting the help of one of heateam’s 280 Gas Safe registered boiler engineers you can reduce [...]

Here at What Do I Do With This, we like to look at the cooler side of green technology. Sometimes, though, some research catches our beady eye. In particular, a recent Swiss study has found that modern diesel-powered cars are actually better for the environment than their battery-powered (and supposedly more eco-friendly) counterparts.

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Earlier this month California–based architecture firm Minarc won an award from Architect Magazine for their work – click on the title above to read more!

British Gas are the latest company to launch an offer to entice homeowners to invest in solar panels. The claim is that people can save up to £1,000 per year under the Feed In Tariff scheme launched by the government (we covered this here) – the idea being that for every KWh of electricity generated [...]

Each year, thousands of people go to festivals of various kinds – Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds, and more – and, for whatever reason will abandon their tents there. What WiTHiNTENT do is make use of this material. Click on the title above to read more and see some examples!

Just a quick note to say that Belkin (usually known for producing computer networking gear and related accessories) have produced a great quality energy monitor for just $30 USD. The Belkin Conserve Insight – currently only available in America, ironically – is the most cost-effective gadget for monitoring electricity usage on the market today. See [...]