Results tagged “Energy Advice” from Birmingham Mail - Lighter Footprints

Insulating your roof to reduce heat loss is a major way in which you can lighten your footprint, and help Birmingham, or wherever you live, reach its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Following the snow fall, this is an ideal time to check the heat loss from your property. Snow will remain longest on the roof of the occupied property with the best insulation in your road - it should match the roofs of unoccupied properties.

In 2002 Birmingham City Council commissioned aerial photography to record heat loss from properties in Birmingham - SusMo has a copy of the map of Moseley. They will be carrying out another thermal imagery survey in the next few weeks.

We can complement this survey by checking how long the snow remains on our roof, and other roofs in our street.

If the snow remains longer on the roofs of other houses nearby, and the houses are occupied, it is worth investigating how this has been achieved, and if you could make similar improvements.

If the snow remains longer on your roof, you could point this out to your neighbours, and recommend that they seek advice to improve their insulation.

Birmingham residents can contact the West Midlands Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre, phone number 0800 512012.