Ecoflap Home Draughtproofing

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Family business designing and building the draughtproof Petflap and Midiflap pet doors and Letterplate Eco bespoke letter boxes. Dreamt up and built in the UK, supplied worldwide. tootfinder
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Solar was the number one source of electricity generation in Switzerland in May 2026. https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/energy/chart.htm?l=en&c=CH&month=05&legendItems=1x7u&year=2026
Energy-Charts

Die Energy-Charts bieten interaktive Grafiken zu: Stromproduktion, Stromerzeugung, Emissionen, Klimadaten, Spotmarktpreisen, Szenarien zur Energiewende und eine umfangreiche Kartenanwendung zu: Kraftwerken, Übertragungsleitungen und Meteodaten

"About 308,000 people are employed directly in businesses such as solar panel installation, home insulation, wind turbine manufacturing and electric vehicles."

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds | Environment policy | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/02/uk-green-economy-worth-more-than-100bn-a-year-net-zero

#renewables #SolarPower #WindPower

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics

The Guardian

"Batteries counter the long-used arguments against renewables – that they are unpredictable and intermittent and therefore put extra burdens on a national grid which must have an expensive backup power source such as gas in place."

The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world | Renewable energy | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/may/31/cheaper-energy-bills-battery-revolution-climate-crisis

#Australia #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower

The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world

Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies

The Guardian

Meet Burrito, a crucial employee at a big solar farm in Tennessee. The 9.5 megawatt facility owned by Volkswagen brought in sheep to keep the vegetation trimmed between the panels, and they were doing a good job. Then they became the object of carnivorous affection for local coyotes. Enter Burrito, who when he came on board quickly began to patrol the perimeter of the site (which powers the production of VW’s EVs).

If unfamiliar animals approach, Burrito reacts immediately. Donkeys naturally protect herd animals from threats. It’s in their nature, despite their “dozy” reputation. Burrito acts as a scout, clearing “paddocks” for safety before the sheep enter to feed. Workers said the donkey even inspected areas before the sheep moved through them.

Once a stray without a home, he is now the most essential “worker” on the property.

"A staggering 27,000 solar installations were completed across Britain in a single month – the highest four week total since 2012 as people embrace clean tech as a result of the Iran war." https://theecologist.org/2026/may/18/solar-installations-through-roof
Solar installations 'through the roof'

British Government data show that 27,607 solar arrays were added in March, bringing the total to more than two million installations.

The Ecologist

Acheter de la crème solaire, c'est l'occasion de rappeler que nos #chats aussi peuvent attraper des coups de #soleil !🙀 ☀️
Soyez particulièrement attentifs à leurs oreilles, surtout si elles sont blanches : les poils y sont très fins et la peau très exposée. Et à force de cumuler les coups de soleil, les chats comme les humains peuvent développer un cancer de la peau, alors soyez vigilants si vos chats dorment au soleil.

#Caturday

It's all done. Benefits include much improved water pressure and hugely more efficient radiators. We have a bit of painting to do and the equipment needs boxing in but that's all just cosmetic.

Ironic to have it ready to go just in time for the heatwave 🌞

Octopus were great to deal with and the whole thing took just three days. Look out for a proper report on our website in coming weeks.

#EnergyEfficiency #HeatPump #RenewableEnergy

@ecoflap exciting times!

We had our cosy9 installed last August - very happy with it.

The only thing I wish I'd done differently is weed proofing the heat pump area *before* it was installed 😆

Just to get to this point we had a suitability assessment for #CavityWallInsulation last autumn followed by the filling (see the blog post https://www.thepetflap.com/2025/12/16/cavity-wall-insulation/). Then we had the level of insulation assessed again and found suitable for a #HeatPump. We're lucky to be having it fitted so soon. All in it will have taken about six months to get it all done.

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#AirSourceHeatPump #renewables #EnergyEfficiency

Our air source heat pump is being installed this coming week! At the moment our garage looks like this, as the kit is delivered a few days ahead of work starting.

As part of the installation we're having 10 radiators replaced as ours are very elderly and inefficient. This was identified during the survey.

So far we've cleared the area around our gas boiler to allow access. I'm fascinated to see what Day 1 brings.

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#AirSourceHeatPump #renewables #HeatPump #EnergyEfficiency