There is lots of advice offered by all sorts of energy related groups about what steps can be taken to conserve energy, and it’s possible that whilst much of it is great, it’s already beginning to sound a little old fashioned.

Governmental groups in many nations are willing to send someone round to appraise your home energy conservation for free, and in the Case Studies part of this site, you can see what others are doing in similar circumstances to your own.

More importantly though, is that there are some companies that can appraise your unique situation and provide an energy solution that includes utilising the most up to date technologies. Much of this upgrade is based on making new technologies compatible with controllers that are switched by a central computer. This means that machinery, lights, motors and heating can be turned off or varied by computer.

It might not be cost effective to retro-fit existing facilities but including them within new designs is clever, possible even normal.

See our Products page for groups that offer such a service.