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	<title>Helping Innovate Property (HIP) - Blog, Housing Market News and Articles &#187; Energy Saving</title>
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		<title>How will installing solar panels affect my home insurance?</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/how-will-installing-solar-panels-affect-my-home-insurance-123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might think that installing something as large and life-changing as a solar panel on your home means big repercussions on your insurance premium, whether for the better or worse. Well, there’s a balance at work: on the one hand, environmentally aware homeowners like yourself are usually less likely to claim and insurers can’t really [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/why-doesn%e2%80%99t-one-size-fits-all-home-insurance-work-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Why doesn’t one size fits all home insurance work?'>Why doesn’t one size fits all home insurance work?</a></li>
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		<title>Will Green Deal Code protect Green Deal Scheme Consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In readiness for the launch of the much anticipated Green Deal, the Government&#8217;s flagship environmental project aimed at making up to 14 million homes more energy efficient through loans to home owners for the purchase of energy saving improvements to the properties, the Department of Energy and Climate Change is busy drafting a Code of [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/new-green-strategies-to-overhaul-britains-homes-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: New green strategy to overhaul Britain’s homes'>New green strategy to overhaul Britain’s homes</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/confusion-clouds-landscape-for-consumers-legal-services-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Confusion clouds landscape for consumers legal services'>Confusion clouds landscape for consumers legal services</a></li>
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		<title>Top Tips to Save Energy and Reduce Your Utility Bills</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/save-energy-reduce-your-utility-bills-123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HIP-Consultant.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s society, using up a great deal of energy is considered common and even expected. However, the more energy we use, the more expensive the utility bill is. Some consumers choose to save money by finding the cheapest utility supplier they can. While signing on with the cheapest utility company is a good start, [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/prevent-you-energy-bills-rising-to-5k-a-year-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Prevent you energy bills rising to £5k a year'>Prevent you energy bills rising to £5k a year</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/energy-saving-tips/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Energy saving tips'>Energy saving tips</a></li>
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		<title>Holiday Letting EPCs &#8211; Are they really required?</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/holiday-let-epc-requirements-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/holiday-let-epc-requirements-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HIP-Consultant.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 30th June 2011 a piece of legislation comes into effect that will ensure that an Energy Performance Certificate or EPC is required on Holiday Lettings. This will bring Holiday Lets into line with other properties that need an EPC, such as those currently required on sales and rental basis. As of the 30th June [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/landlords-will-need-epcs-to-market-property/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Landlords will need EPCs to market property'>Landlords will need EPCs to market property</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/goodbye-hips-hello-epcs-what-does-a-home-seller-need-to-know-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Goodbye HIPs, Hello EPCs – Home Seller Guide'>Goodbye HIPs, Hello EPCs – Home Seller Guide</a></li>
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		<title>Sticking with your current energy provider could be costing you</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/sticking-with-your-current-energy-provider-could-be-costing-you-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/sticking-with-your-current-energy-provider-could-be-costing-you-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you moved into your current home, did you stay with the incumbent provider? If so, you could be £345 a year worse off on average according to recent research. If you’re one of the huge number of people who are still a customer of their original energy provider (The provider who is in charge [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/prevent-you-energy-bills-rising-to-5k-a-year-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Prevent you energy bills rising to £5k a year'>Prevent you energy bills rising to £5k a year</a></li>
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		<title>Grant Shapps to change Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) delivery?</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/grant-shapps-to-change-energy-performance-certificates-delivery-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/grant-shapps-to-change-energy-performance-certificates-delivery-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Performance Certificates are required before marketing can commence for both rental and sales of properties within the UK. Anyone who has recently sold their house would have had an EPC carried out as part of the Home Information Pack. The EPC graph summary has become synonymous with the quick and easy attribution of energy [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/how-many-energy-performance-certificates-epc-produced-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Number of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) produced'>Number of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) produced</a></li>
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		<title>New green strategy to overhaul Britain’s homes</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/new-green-strategies-to-overhaul-britains-homes-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/new-green-strategies-to-overhaul-britains-homes-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Department of Energy and Climate Change have released the following information on their green strategy. Paving the way for &#8216;pay as you save&#8217; green finance to make energy efficiency pay from day one. Up to 7 million British households to benefit from eco upgrades by 2020 Up to 65,000 jobs in the green [...]


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		<title>Interview with Brian Scannell of NHER &#8211; part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/interview-with-brian-scanell-of-nher-part-321/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/interview-with-brian-scanell-of-nher-part-321/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HIP-Consultant.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Scannell of NHER and managing director of National Energy Services (NES) Ltd continues with further thoughts towards our questions in part 2 of the interview. Q10 Do you support the current HIP legislation and if it was ‘scrapped’ what impact do you envisage it will have on your members? I certainly support the original [...]


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		<title>Interview with Brian Scannell of NHER &#8211; part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/interview-with-brian-scanell-of-nher-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/interview-with-brian-scanell-of-nher-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HIP-Consultant.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Scannell of NHER and managing director of National Energy Services (NES) Ltd joins us to answer our questions in a two part interview. Q 1 NHER produced some great research in relation to non-compliance of Commercial EPCs recently. Do you have any other similar research you are undertaking at present and when could we [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/interview-with-philip-salaman-quidos-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Interview with Philip Salaman of Quidos'>Interview with Philip Salaman of Quidos</a></li>
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		<title>Training as a Community &amp; Housing Energy Advisor</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/training-as-a-community-housing-energy-adviser-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/training-as-a-community-housing-energy-adviser-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new qualifications; Housing Energy Advisor (HEA) and Community Energy Advisor (CEA) are intended to enable individuals to provide advice on energy efficiency to both individual households and the wider community. It is envisaged that these advisers will help the government reach environmental targets. Home Energy Adviser (HEA), too good to be true? Is the [...]


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