Solar water heating panels are a fabulous, low profile and definitely cost effective method of reducing your energy costs whilst still having plenty of hot water for your family’s needs. These systems basically utilize the heat of the sun (which is free by the way) to warm a reserve of water in order to provide a constant stream of hot water to your home.

Using a Solar water heating system to heat your water supply will;

• Give you hot water the whole year round, although your water may need a little additional help throughout the coldest winter months. Read the rest of this entry »

The best things in life are free. Isn’t that what they always say? Solar panels allow you to take all of that lovely free sunshine and convert it into Solar power – the ultimate renewable energy source. The great thing about sunshine is that you can’t use it up, it won’t run out, the sun arrives every morning like clockwork, okay, so maybe you can’t always see it behind the heavy cloud cover but it’s still there.

Using the sunshine to generate power is just one method of using renewable energy to create electricity without using up any more of the earth’s valuable resources, and while reducing your energy bills. It’s high time that everyone started to take the subject of renewable energy seriously too; experts estimate that the world’s oil reserves will only last for another 30 or 40 years which will be here before we know it. The sunshine lasts forever . . . Read the rest of this entry »

The costs of electric are always rising, this wont change anytime soon,  which makes an investment into Solar power an even more attractive solution for businesses. Solar panels can help a company to produce their own electricity right there, on site and take away the worry of rising energy costs. This can lead to a substantial saving for many businesses which can enable them to pass on the savings to their customers or free up capital to invest in business growth and new equipment which will help their business to thrive in a difficult world.

Protecting any business against the rising costs of energy bills is a wise investment for the future, the future of your business, your competitiveness and even help to maintain the future of a healthy planet. Read the rest of this entry »

How do you go to green energy ? Where to start?

Well, there are many simple steps you and your household can make to help make the world a greener place.  Here are some ideas you can try today;

• Start washing at a cooler temperature, we don’t mean cold showers here, turn your washing machine down and then dry those clothes out in the fresh air. Most clothes can easily be washed at a lower temperature and sunshine can help to break down stubborn stains to help them fade away and give older clothes a new life. Read the rest of this entry »

The earth is full of clean renewable energy options available to the consumer, unfortunately in recent decades with the rise in usage of fossil fuels and more widespread use of cars and motor vehicles across the globe. Well now we are faced with decreasing supplies of oil and gas and everyone across the globe to turn their attention to renewable sources of energy to meet the requirements of modern life. This goes the same for governments, corporations and homeowners across the globe, and no one is seeing this demand more than the energy companies who supply power to the world. It’d widely acknowledged that now is the time to look at renewable energy sources more than ever. Let’s take a look at the “freebies”, readily available energy sources across the world from which we can harness power, namely, wind and sunshine. Read the rest of this entry »

According to the Government Department of Energy and Climate Change the value of a home in the north east of the UK can be increased by up to £19,000.  The reasons behind this statement are that buyers who are looking for a new home are increasingly conscious of the energy efficiency of a prospective property and are actively looking towards homes with Solar panels already installed.

If you are looking to purchase a house and for example you know that it has made good use of renewable energy solutions its relatively easy to get a good indication from the current owners about what their energy bills are like, from there you can work out your long term savings. Read the rest of this entry »

Communities across the country have been given a helping hand in realizing their dream of utilizing Solar power with Carmichael Brown Renewable Energy through the RCEF (Rural Community Energy Fund).

The Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) helps rural communities access the money needed to carry out feasibility studies into renewable energy projects, and fund the costs associated with applying for planning permission.  With the necessary funding available projects will then be able to attract private finance to pay for renewable energy kit and get projects up and running. Funding can be used to support rural projects across the renewable and low carbon energy spectrum including wind, solar, biomass, Read the rest of this entry »

When a local Chelmsford resident decided to pursue the governments Feed In Tariff in 2011, he was looking forward to generating his own free clean electricity, lowering his energy bills and most of all 20 years of guaranteed Feed in Tariff payments from the government.

However, in his haste the gentleman selected a company that have now ceased to trade to perform his installation. When things weren’t working correctly he called Carmichael Browns, an established engineer, to see what we could do to help.  After visiting our new client and examining his installation, we weren’t at all surprised to discover the original contractors were no longer available to help or even trading. Read the rest of this entry »

Ensure that your business is protected against the ever increasing energy costs with a Commercial Solar PV installation from Carmichael Browns, an experienced commercial engineering business, working to bring sustainable energy to the UK commercial sector.

Commercial is one of the biggest energy saving industries that can make a big impact on energy usage.  By changing to a more economic and sustainable energy source you can not only save yourself money long term but you can also be confident in the knowledge you are helping save the planet.

There are many benefits to having Commercial Solar PV Panels installed with key benefits available to your business include the following : Read the rest of this entry »

Energy conscious communities across the nation will be able to receive Feed-in Tariff (FITs) payments for the clean green energy generated by larger community energy projects, under new plans set out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Projects such as Solar PV on school roofs or panels on libraries, community owned wind turbines and hydro power from local streams could all benefit under the proposed new rules.

The FITs scheme pays householders, businesses and communities for the electricity they generate through a range of renewable energy technologies including Solar PV, wind, hydro projects and anaerobic digestion. There is also payment for excess power exported back to the grid.

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