Climate Friendly Retrofit Part 9: System Performance, Price Cap, & Fuel PovertyAfter having not updated for a little while, I wanted to take a wee bit of a time to summarise where we are at with our retrofit that…May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
Climate Friendly Retrofit Part 8: Solar, Microgeneration, and Energy UsageThe news over this past week about the troubles facing the UK energy market has made it abundantly clear that, despite the rhetoric…Sep 21, 2021Sep 21, 2021
Climate Friendly Retrofit Part 7: Halving our Heating DemandYesterday, my friends over at Nesta Scotland released an initial study on what it would take to decarbonise heat in Scottish Homes. Of many…Sep 10, 2021Sep 10, 2021
Climate Friendly Retrofit Part 6: The Solar Install Process Needs to be EasierOne of the main 3 strands of our retrofit is a microgeneration system to produce our own energy, and late last Monday we finally had our…Jul 20, 2021Jul 20, 2021
Climate Friendly Retrofit Part 5: How to Decarbonise Hot WaterIt’s been a busy 6 weeks for our retrofit as we’ve started ticking off some of the big jobs like changing out hot water system and…Jul 16, 2021Jul 16, 2021
Climate Friendly Retrofit Part 4: Decarbonising of our HeatingDecarbonising of heat is one of the biggest issues facing the UK in the next few years as there is already legislation in place that…May 23, 2021May 23, 2021
Climate Friendly Retrofit part 2: Choosing the right houseIn the last blog, I shared a bit of why we were setting out on the journey of doing an eco retrofit (link here if you missed it). In this…May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
Climate Friendly Retrofit part 1: On seeking a climate friendly retrofit my own housing situation…Over the next 10 years, the world will change dramatically. Not because of the residue of COVID on society, but due to effects climate…May 5, 2021May 5, 2021
Reflections on Our 2020Yesterday I was reflecting with some of the Firstport and FirstImpact team on the last 12 months and its safe to say, like everyone, that…Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020