(About The House s7/e2)
This week Duncan visits The Sampson’s in Kilkeshen, Co. Clare for the first time. They are building an ecological family home on a budget. Angie is visiting a converted milking parlour in Co. Wicklow and Duncan is in Ballymahon, Co. Longford, where local residents have been able to slash their heating bills [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fuel’
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Episode 02
Episode 05
(Eco Eye s4/e5)
Water Conservation in the Home: We take our water for granted and assume there is an endless supply, but unfortunately it’s being squandered. We had great fun asking people how much water they use – and their answers were amazing! We visit a young Dublin family with 3 children to find out how [...]
Episode 02
(Eco Eye s4/e1)
Home Energy Special:
How we make our homes in Ireland warm, ecological and energy efficient.
Energy appraisal of an average Irish house
With huge increases in the cost of oil and gas and future uncertainties looming – regarding how we’ll be able to afford to heat our homes, and with fossil fuel heating creating huge [...]
Episode 01
(Eco Eye s4/e1)
Household Waste Recycling: We explore peoples attitudes to recycling in Ireland. We’re still behind but are catching up with our European neighbours, however, with increasing affluence we’re generating more and more waste. We are recycling more but most of this material is processed abroad (other than glass to Fermanagh). There is much potential [...]
Episode 02
In the second programme of the series, Duncan investigates the following issues:
The Big Picture
This item investigates the concerns regarding energy in Ireland. In the last ten years, Ireland’s energy consumption has doubled. Our greenhouse gas emissions already exceed the targets set under Kyoto and, if urgent action isn’t taken to get back on [...]