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Anyone with kids will know that curious little fingers can end up anywhere, so it's essential to make a home child-proof, whether this involves putting up fire guards or installing safety gates. But they are the obvious measures to take. What about your electrical switches and sockets? These can present a real danger to babies and toddlers, Read more...

The uptake of LED lighting for use as general lighting in a home or business is set to accelerate dramatically over the latter half of the current decade. Such is the finding of a new study by Global Information, which provides a worldwide forecast of the consumption of LEDs used in interior and exterior, decorative and functioning lighting. Read more...

Sainsbury's has continued in its quest to become the UK's greenest grocer by launching a sustainability competition that hopes to see the supermarket chain team up with eco-friendly SMEs to develop new sustainable solutions. According to GreenWise, the retailer hopes to showcase market-ready innovations across its 900 UK stores by teaming Read more...

A new network of small and medium-sized businesses will be assembled to offer smaller firms a slice of the Green Deal construction action, it has been said today. According to Construction News, Party Projects managing director Russell Smith has announced plans for a so-called 'Green Deals Conduit' to launch by the beginning of 2013. Mr Read more...

Lighting management specialist Ex-Or has helped Birmingham City Council undertake their own second-city based green revolution, with their services rendering the new £38 million office complex the UK's most environmentally friendly council property ever, ever. According to the Electrical Portal, the 10 Woodcock Street development Read more...

  So LED lighting in the UK looks set to get a big boost: British-based manufacturer Marl International is set to pump further investment into developing its LED output across the UK and further afield. According to Electronics Weekly, the firm looks set to invest £150,000 into its site in Ulverston, Cumbria, as part of a £270,000 Read more...

A unique voltage optimisation system has helped a UK-based manufacturer to win the plaudits at the annual PwC Private Business Awards held this week. EMSc (UK) Ltd, manufacturers of energy saving solutions and voltage optimisation units, took home the Technology Innovation of the Year award at the annual gala for its Powerstar voltage solution. Read more...

"It's not easy being green," said Kermit the Frog, in his classic song 'It's Not Easy Being Green'. And for landlords, it's even more difficult: when they're not chasing under an immovable fridge trying to find a mouse or painting over damp patches in bathrooms across their assets, it's hard to find time to Read more...

Despite recycling, Green Deals and some of the leaps and bounds made in recent years in styles of poncho, some homeowners are still lacking a little in their green, earth-loving credentials: and it means they might well turn to tradepersons and contractors when it comes to advice over how to provide energy efficiency around the home. And as vice Read more...

It's not just around the home that LED lighting can provide illumination, as recent developments in grow lighting can attest. Since their launch in the early '00s, LED grow lights - those used to encourage sensitive plants to flower, in laboratories and sheds alike - have shared the same misconceptions as commercial LED lighting, thought to Read more...