Battling single-use plastic packaging and setting up a solar-powered coffee roaster. View the case study here: Penningtons Tea and Coffee Visit Penningtons website Visit the W&F Green Enterprise Hub
Damp and Mould is the fifth blog in a series exploring retrofit. In this one we explore why your house may have damp and mould. There are many reasons why your home can develop damp and mould - here we look at some common examples, and what could be causing them. I've got condensation running down the walls and mould patches are appearing since I had cavity wall insulation installed. This looks like the ventilation wasn’t increased sufficiently at the same time, or maybe the cavity wasn’t suitable for insulation, or the insulation was installed incorrectly, or a combination of [...]
In this series of blogs we go behind the scenes of the partners at the Westmorland and Green Enterprise Hub – in this one we meet Al Muir of AMUIR Surveying Alasdair has worked in the Lake District’s built environment for 25 years, qualifying as a Building Surveyor in 2004 and gaining his professional charter with the Chartered Institute of Building in 2010. After 16 years with South Lakes District Council, Alasdair has been self-employed concentrating on energy conservation and decarbonisation work in both public and private sectors since 2016. Qualifications in commercial energy assessment, auditing, heat loss calculation, heat [...]
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour party claimed their general election win with the slogan 'Change begins now' and with a promise to 'hit the ground' running' on key green policies. Four weeks into the new government we take a look at those key policies, and how they relate to Cumbria. Labour's manifesto included a key pledge to maintain the binding 2050 net-zero target, as well as launching 'Great British Energy' within months of coming to power - all potentially good news for moving towards a renewable energy economy. We have already seen change in this area with [...]
Ventilation is our fourth blog in a series exploring retrofit. In this one we explore ventilation and what you can do to get it right in your home. Draught-proofing and ventilation are 2 sides of the same coin – Seal Tight, Ventilate Right. They are important concepts when considering your retrofit. Most homes in the UK are not sufficiently well ventilated for optimal health: poor indoor air quality causes a wide range of heath problems, some of them very serious. You can read recent research here. Getting the balance between humidity and ventilation can be tricky, but as a ruil [...]
In this series of blogs we go behind the scenes of the partners at the Westmorland and Green Enterprise Hub - starting with the founder of Green Small Business, Tim Maiden. Tim has been an environmental and carbon consultant for more than two decades, advising governments, other public bodies and businesses on carbon, energy, waste and climate breakdown. He was previously a Partner at CAG Consultants, where he managed large-scale, multi-year environmental research and evaluation projects, mostly for public sector clients including the UK and Scottish Governments. He founded Green Small Business to support authentic climate action by businesses of [...]
