Could Open Homes turn energy efficiency from the fifth to the first fuel?

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Andrew Warren reveals how a network of SuperHome open days is helping to inspire carbon-saving improvements

"The cheapest and cleanest energy choice of all is not to waste it." So concluded The Economist magazine last month, in one of its magisterial surveys, entitled Energy and Technology. It can be regarded,...

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