In an apparent imposition of double standards, Scotland’s own building regulations are (according the BRE in Watford, the UK government’s grant administrators) to be replaced English Building Regulations.
Or perhaps both regulations will operate in parallel. Nobody in authority seems too sure. This raises the question of whose regulations, if there is a difference, should [...]

Dear Reader, great news! We have just established that installations of Solartwin solar water heating systems are now eligible for a full 30% grant in Scotland. But only, at present, in Scotland, not in the rest of UK. This is because the Scottish Grants and Building Regulations on solar panels are more up to date [...]

Solartwin’s innovative solar water heating systems have just gained the coveted “One Planet Products” green product listing by Bioregional, the award winning not for profit business based at Bedzed in Bedfordshire UK.
This award follows a detailed environmental scrutiny of both the solar panel product and the business as a solar supplier. “I’m delighted we [...]

Solar Keymark, Europe’s highest solar panel accreditation has just been awarded to Solartwin’s innovative solar panels.
“Europe’s solar thermal consumers can have confidence that Solartwin’s zero carbon solar heating technology is not just one of the most extensively tested and accredited forms of solar heating technology available in Europe, but also one of the most [...]

Eight years of competition constraints on Solartwin’s award winning solar water heating panels by British and German commercial interests might finally be cleared away this month (June 08) according to Barry Johnston, Managing Director of Solar Twin Ltd.
In a press announcement today he stated: “Double standards have been operating in the solar water heating [...]

8% more UK people think that priority should be placed on tackling environmental issues than the economy according to today’s Guardian/ICM poll on political and environmental opinions. This somewhat contradicts press pundits, who have been suggesting that green issues will be sidelined as recession looms.
As for green taxes, there appears to be a high [...]