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Safety considerations when installing ceiling insulation When it comes to energy conservation, ceiling insulation is one of the most logical steps to take in order to ensure that you home is warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer - and to help you use less energy in the process. However, as forest fires continue to rage across Australia and increasing reports are made concerning the instances of fires being started due to wrongly installed insulation; it is becoming more important to understand the safety considerations when installing ceiling insulation. Incentives to consider solar power for your home Solar power is fast becoming an increasingly viable method for generating energy for your home, or heating water for your household. Consequently, Australia has a number of incentives available on a national and territorial level as part a continuing attempt to get the public to embrace solar energy. What follows is a quick guide to these incentives. Energy Australia: Why cutting carbon emissions and saving money on our energy bills calls for ‘hard actions' Energy usage is a big issue in Australia currently, and in order for the country to meet its carbon reduction targets, i.e the abatement of 138 million tonnes of green gases every year by 2020, energy prices have risen with the hope of spurring the public to be more conscious of the energy it is using. The call for ‘hard actions' by Keith Orchison in the Business Spectator comes at a time when a recent survey by a leading Australian comparison website found that 92 percent of those asked were more concerned about the price of energy than they had been a year earlier. Carbon Storage and the UK In the UK, debates surrounding renewable energy and the increasing importance of cutting our carbon emissions have mostly centred around the planning and development of wind farms and other sources - which take a significant amount of time to establish and implement. However, in the meantime there is the no less important matter of how best we manage the existing carbon we are producing. Energy Management: A guide to four of the UK's most inefficient public buildings Research by the Department of Communities and Local Government detailing the energy efficiency of the UK's public buildings was made available to the BBC at the end of August. Until recently, such data would never have been made public, but with energy management becoming an increasingly discussed and important aspect of the upkeep of public buildings, the largest must now show Display Energy Certificates so every visitor is aware of their efficiency (or inefficiency). What follows is a short guide to four surprising energy inefficient public buildings. The UK Wind Power Backlash Recent developments in the tidal power sector are causing many to speak out against the UK government's reliance on wind power to ensure we meet our renewable energy goals. According to The Times, if the government wants to hit its target, the UK needs to build around 7,000 more wind-turbines - a high number if one considers the amount of not-in-my-back-yard-ism and anti-wind petitioning that meets nearly every planned wind farm. Top 4 Things to Remember when Installing Solar Panels on your Home As energy bills continue to rise and the renewable energy market gets more competitive, many more of us are eager consider installing solar panels. Of course, such an endeavour will work best with at least some assistance from a professional who can advise you on whether your home is suitable and how best to make use of you situation. What follows are five key points to remember at the very start of your solar powered adventure. Solar Energy: Why all eyes are on Israel In the UK, solar energy is still something of a confusing answer to the problems posed by our ever-dwindling fossil fuel resources. This confusion is unsurprising, our northern European climate is rarely associated with scorching heat - and a quick look at our landscape and coast shows ample area for wind and tidal power. Yet, in recent times the increasing affordability of solar hot water and proof of the benefits that come with it is causing more of us to consider installing solar collectors. But to really keep abreast of the developments in solar technology, we can learn the most from Israel. Night storage memories and Energy Management We had a large storage heater in our rustic country kitchen. In the cold months it was a seat of sorts. The coal fire in the living room rarely gave off enough heat to filter through to the rest of the house. Even first time guests would find themselves perched against the large metal frame of the night storage heater in our kitchen. It stayed hot all day, but towards the evening the intensity of the heat eased off. My new home had storage heaters, and these childhood memories were fond, but I knew it meant I needed to do some energy management and find a more efficient way of heating our house. How motorcycling turned me on to efficient energy management Always when riding my motorcycle the concept of energy management returns to my thoughts. It's the trip meter that does it. I can work out distance divided by fuel used. Compared with a car, the fuel economy is great. It was last summer on weekend on a run up the coast, under a clear blue sky, and with a mild tailwind, that I realised I could be doing the same thing at home - working out a new energy management schedule. I've used some helpful and not so helpful online energy management resources, and eventually actually saved some real money! Green Loans: Why does it cost money to save money? This weather is dictating my domestic aspirations. It's too wet to cut the grass, too cold to wash the car, and too dark to fix the shed. The heaters are on full but the house is still so cold I'm wearing two jumpers and a woolly hat and gloves just to feel comparatively warm. I'm wondering if the climate now is just varying degrees of unbearable cold. Energy Management: Sound proof and expense proof I've lived by busy highways with cars and lorries thundering by, by the ocean with the sound of waves breaking on a distant reef, and in a town bustling with the chatter and to and thro of shoppers and deliveries. But if there's one sound I cannot tolerate it's sound of barking dogs, day in and day out. I needed double-glazing and I needed the money to pay for it. Energy management only for wealthy people? We've known for a long time that saving energy means less hassle and less waste. So why is it, with all our technology, that we still end up paying for than we have to for the energy we use? I guess it's to do with profit. Our land mass is huge - yet Australian energy companies have taken years to get round to the idea of using alternative technologies. Confused about energy efficient products? Sometimes it's easier to pay someone else to do a job that you might have done yourself. Like repairing the garden shed, or carrying out an energy management assessment. To find out about saving money on fuel bills, which essentially is what energy management is all about - or at least what I view it as, you can put in hours of research, and still be confused. It's better, in my case in hindsight, to go to someone who knows how to do it, whose job is to do it, and who'll give you all the information you need on energy efficiency for free. Why Australia is Britons favourite relocation It is a great many people's dream to live abroad. The temptation of moving to warmer and more predictable climates is a strong incentive to the weather worn Brit, desperate to escape from the rat race culture and office work ethic that is defining our country. Will coal-fired power stations back fire on Gordon Brown? It has been reported that Gordon Brown is to back the construction of a new generation of coal fired power stations. Power companies are now being given permission to construct at least two new coal-fired stations with a view to more being built at later stages.

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