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As well as the three Rs of reuse, recycle & reduce, there is fourth R that is helpful towards carbon reduction: Renewable.
The Renewable Energy Association is a trade body for the renewable technologies industry.
Generating energy from a renewable source means fossil fuels are ignored in favour of wind, solar, wave, biomass (burning natural products such as wood pellets domestically, or poultry waste industrially) and hyrdo-electric schemes.
The Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform also publishes general information on renewables on its website.
For domestic heating, there are various options. Solar power panels installed on the roof of a house can efficiently provide enough electricity to heat it. Alternatively, geothermal heat pumps draw heat efficiently from underground before circulating it around the house. Wood burning systems can heat a room, or can fuel a boiler to heat an entire house. The wood pellets they use are specially treated and absorb as much carbon dioxide as they release, meaning they have a neutral effect upon the environment.
If you live in the East Riding of Yorkshire you could also contact Mike Jackson Domestic Energy Assessments for home eco-surveys, energy performance certificates and renewable energy advice and information.
It is now very easy to change your electricity company to one that will provide you with electricity generated from renewable sources (click on the "buy renewable energy" button below).
Alternatively, grants are available from the Government to install your own renewable energy systems (click on the "generating your own energy" button below, or for grants see
www.greenbooklive.com).
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