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Product profile: Replace that gas boiler
For homes with gas hydronic heating systems, replacing the gas boiler can be difficult. Many heat pump boilers run at lower temperatures than gas units, and over a certain size, they usually need three-phase power.
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Product profile: Eco-friendly high-vis wear
When you are out cycling or even walking the dog, you need to say visible to road users, but common high-visibility gear is made for construction workers, not for leisure, and it’s made from synthetic materials that aren’t exactly eco-friendly.
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Product profile: Pods for veggies
With the cost of food trending rapidly upwards, the move to growing food at home has become a popular one. While it’s easy if you have a garden, what do you do if you don’t?
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Product profile: Portable solar recharge hubs
Providing device recharging for events or outdoor areas with no access to electricity can be difficult, but the Furnicharge Freedom Hub makes it simple.
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Product profile: Solar in a box
The SunPack comes as a pre-configured system, complete with battery, inverter and solar panels that you just swing into place.
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Product profile: Zero petrol
We’ve covered a few electric scooters over the last few years, and a recent entrant, Benzine Zero (Italian for zero petrol) has added some nice looking offerings to the market.
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Product profile: Install an energy monitor yourself…
Many energy monitoring products need you to access breaker box wiring to install current clamps and the like. This is work that should be done by a qualified electrician. The Powersensor Solar Monitor, however, can be installed by the homeowner without the cost of calling in a sparkie.
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Product profile: Go plastic free
With the world slowly waking up to the environmental disaster that is petroleum-based plastics, more non-plastic options for all kinds of common household items are becoming more readily available.
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Product profile: Flexible solar laminates
The Flex series of flexible solar laminates from MiaSolé (owned by solar giant Hanergy) are designed to stick directly to suitable roofing profiles (such as standing seam roof sheets), eliminating mounting systems and roof penetrations from screws. The modules are based on CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) cells and have efficiencies as high as many crystalline silicon panels.
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Buyers guides
No longer cooking with gas: Induction cooktop mini guide
Induction cooktops can make converts, with power and performance as good as or better than gas. We look at the features to consider when buying one.
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Buyers guides
An eco-paint buyers guide
Paints have become more eco-friendly in recent years, but there are still traps to look out for. Daniel Wurm explains the advantages of using environmentally friendly paints.
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