Home Resilience Guides
Practical guides to help you understand what is known, what is estimated, and what to verify before improving your home's energy performance.
Understand EPC ratings A-G, how they are calculated, what they miss, and which facts to verify before acting.
Indicative improvement sequence with cost ranges, suitability notes, and facts to verify before spending.
Planning guide to BUS, ECO4/GBIS history, local grants, and the evidence needed before assuming eligibility.
UK solar generation context, typical costs, export assumptions, and evidence to verify before installing.
Planning guide for the 2030 domestic PRS EPC C or equivalent standard, cost-cap context, exemptions, and evidence to verify.
ASHP vs GSHP comparison, realistic costs (£8-15k), BUS standard heat-pump category £7,500 (air-to-air £2,500), SCOP explained, and honest assessment of when heat pumps make sense.
Types ranked by disruption, likely impact, cost range, grant context, and common mistakes to avoid.
Compare common battery options, cost ranges, tariff assumptions, and comfort or resilience trade-offs.
East-west splits, vertical bifacial panels, and optimal angles for UK homes.
Tepeo ZEB, infrared, solar thermal, high-temp and CO2 heat pumps explained.
Practical UK guide for combi-boiler homes: compact thermal stores, retrofit checks, installer questions, and how space constraints affect heat pump readiness.
How to choose fridges, washing machines, and dryers without overclaiming bill savings — and when LEDs matter more.
Payback, light quality, and EPC limits — a quick win, not a whole-house retrofit promise.
Proven methods to cut heating costs.
Evidence-aware guide to Guy Martin's Stretford retrofit, zero-bills marketing vs realistic savings, and budget steps you can take now.
Controls, tariffs, and automation with honest limits — what to verify before buying gadgets.
Cloudy weather, payback, EPC points, and value claims — what to verify before you buy.
Reduce water heating costs which account for ~18% of energy use.
Landlord & MEES planning
Separate planning guides for England & Wales private rented homes — current law is EPC E (scope/exemptions); higher 2030 standards are government policy awaiting legislation, not yet law. Grants and upgrade sequencing. Indicative only; not legal advice.
Indicative MEES planning for covered E&W private rented homes — current law EPC E; 2030 higher standard is policy, not yet law.
Timeline, exemptions, and cost-cap policy design to verify — EPC C-equivalent by 2030 is not current law.
Ranked improvements for landlord Band C planning toward the 2030 policy horizon (not a legal duty today).
Grant routes landlords should check before assuming eligibility.
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See an estimated Health Score, Evidence Grade, and Action Plan. Confidence improves as facts are verified.
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