the solarblogger

Comment and opinion on the solar industry and its development, low-carbon construction and refurbishment, and Government policy in relation to energy efficiency and renewables.

Friday, 5 April 2019

Why Choose a Career in the Solar Industry?

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Why should anyone take a job in the solar industry? It may seem like a strange time to be talking about a skills shortage just aft...

Sunday, 17 February 2019

The Smart Export Guarantee Scheme (SEG)

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Why is central government continually surprised that when the big energy companies are asked to ‘do the right thing’, they instead do what ...

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

The Grand Challenge Mission for Buildings

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It Can be Done - but not Without Solar In a speech at Jodrell Bank , Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her government's Industri...

Thursday, 23 August 2018

SAP 10 - Big Changes Afoot for Solar

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Image: Viridian Solar A new version of the Government's Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) for the calculation of energy use in d...

Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Solar By Others

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How to Get What you Want and not Get What You're Given Architects, developers and planning officers often go to exacting...

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

BIPV

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What is BIPV and what are the advantages of this approach to using solar on our buildings? Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)...

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Housebuilding Rates Unaffected by Higher Energy Efficiency

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So Where's the Cliff Edge? When faced with potential legislation that would require them to build homes that use less energy, emit l...

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