Baby boomers may be more likely to hire domestic energy assessors to help cut their energy consumption and costs.A new survey reveals that over-55s are 25 per cent more likely to improve their energy efficiency to cut their monthly bills, compared to under-25s.Baby boomers, who have been through recessions and...

Domestic energy assessors may want to recommend an online 'Smart Meter' to consumers eager to keep their energy consumption and bills low.A new tool from UKPower.co.uk has been launched which allows users to establish the cost of energy they have used over a period of time.Users of the...

Domestic energy assessors are to help a development in Wales become Europe's first low carbon zone.Over 65,000 homes will have their energy efficiency assessed as part of a project known as HoV Low Carbon, based in the Heads of Valleys area of south Wales that will tackle child...

Domestic energy assessorsmay soon be able to recommend to their customers a system that provides electricity, heating and cooling.Researchers at Newcastle University are developing a device which uses vegetable oil to provide the three forms of energy.The system, called micro-trigeneration because it satisfies three energy needs on a...

Domestic energy assessors could help develop the photovoltaics of the future as well as recommend them to their customers.Researchers at Harvard University and IBM are to use the power of a million idle computers around the globe to find materials to make solar panels more cost-effective.Using computers of...

Domestic energy assessors may want to consider becoming part of the "popular mobilisation" on climate change Ed Miliband has called for.The secretary of state for energy and climate change told the Guardian a public movement was needed to push politicians to prioritise carbon emissions reductions."There will be some...

Aspiring domestic energy assessorscould receive training from the UK's largest provider of home information packs (Hips).Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are part of the Hips produced by PSG, which is opening a training centre for its franchises in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.It will serve as a central training site for employees from...

Domestic energy assessors could tell E.On customers not connected to the mains electricity supply that they could save more on their bills through energy efficiency measures than has been offered to them by the company.E.On said that electricity-only customers not connected to the gas mains would see their...

Domestic energy advisors may in future be recommending their customers use 'dynamic demand' systems in their electrical devices to cut their carbon emissions.Energy company npower has recently teamed up with RLtec to trial the energy efficiency technology, which adjusts the power consumption of appliances in response to the changing balance...

Regular visits by domestic energy assessorswould help households think about their energy efficiency, according to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.A spokesman for the department said that an 'MOT style' periodic energy assessment, recommended by think tank Foresight, was a good idea.He said: "An annual or biennial assessment would...

Domestic energy assessors will be helping Mid Sussex residents get a better idea of the energy performance of their homes.A scheme run by the Mid Sussex District County Council and the Energy Saving Trust will offer homeowners a report similar to an Energy Performance Certificate.As well as rating...