Useful Information & Links
We do not try to provide a full list of all web sites - just the ones that we find useful and where we know the information provided is genuine.| Carbon offsetting | |
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| Equiclimate | One of the few systems where offsetting your carbon removes carbon credits from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme - meaning others can not buy them to carry on emitting greenhouse gases - simple but elegant! | Energy Suppliers |
| Good Energy | 100% renewable energy supplier. |
| Ecotricity | Not a 100% renewable energy supplier but has consistently spent more on building new sources of green electricity in the last four years than all the other suppliers added together |
| Ebico | Not-for-profit energy supplier. Not necessarily 'green' - supply partner is Scottish and Southern Energy but 10.2% of their 2007 supply was from renewable sources | EPCs |
| Energy Performance Certificates | Government web site (Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) - gives all the background to the Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Performance Certificates | HIPs |
| Home Information Packs | Main government web site explaining everything you need to know about HIPs | Renewable Energy |
| National Energy Foundation | Good source of information on sustainable energy sources |
| Solar Trade Organisation | Trade Association for the Solar Energy Industry |
| Renewable Energy Assurance Scheme | Assurance scheme of the Renewable Energy Association - find suppliers that subscribe to a code of practice |
| Ground Source Heat Pump Association. | Information and suppliers that subscribe to a code of practice |