The government’s Green Deal financial initiative, due to be published this month, is expected to be considerably perplexing for homeowners. 
DIY Doctor, however, aims to be several steps ahead and has teamed up with Be Energy Smart (link below for further details).
These two websites can provide significant energy saving information and advice. Indeed, to get an idea of which energy saving projects would be best suited to your home, there’s completely free, on line home energy assessment. It take only a couple of minutes to complete, but generates a user-friendly guide to available solutions.
All of these are aimed at helping to reduce your energy use and carbon foot print and, of course, bring down your home heating costs. Many suggestions are said to be ‘perfect for DIY-ers to carry out,’ but some may need specialist help, particularly to ensure that you make the most of the subsidies and grants that are available.
A comprehensive re-vamp of the Green Living Section has introduced a wealth of new information about the schemes and subsidies to help you make the most of the project financially.
Grants or subsidies, such as the Feed-in Tariff for solar energy, or the various grants for installing insulation, are reported and then factored into the payback calculations in the self-assessment results.
Also there are pages of clear, concise information about the Green Deal.
Mike Edwards, managing director of DIY Doctor, says: “Ours is an exciting service which offers real value to our visitors, particularly now with energy costs increasing regularly.”
More information: www.diydoctor.org.uk and www.BeEnergySmart.co.uk