From the Desk of London’s Renovation Maven

From the Desk of London's Renovation Maven: New Approaches to Big Energy Savings


Sometimes I will receive emails from UK homeowners with subject lines such as "London renovation questions: concerned about energy efficiency." These sorts of emails often ask for my expert guidance on how to squeeze the power consumption down below the government's limit requirements. I typically first assess the situation and then respond from the perspective of my experience as one of London 's more prominent renovation specialists.


Often it is best to think in simple terms for these types of questions. For example, if you are a commercial property developer pursuing a London renovation and you have a big office building, have you considered simply deactivating your lighting circuitry overnight when your employees are in bed? Or perhaps you could adjust your dimmer switches to a less intense default setting?


The next time your London renovation professional talks to you about illumination efficiency, just think back to the first blog post in this series. London renovation mavens simply call it "the perfect light, at the perfect time, in the perfect location." That really says it all!


From the Desk of London 's Renovation Maven: Lighting, Heating or Both?


Even though I may be a London renovation consultant, I try to keep abreast of news from across the globe. Just the other day a colleague sent me an article about the USA 's famous "Mall of America" in Minneapolis - one of the very coldest places in the country! As a London renovation professional who is used to working mostly in warmer climes, I was astonished to learn that this huge mall has no heating system! In fact, this dream shopper destination is kept warm by the lighting system and by the heat from all the guests who run around in search of the hottest new buys. Perhaps we should rethink West London 's renovation of the Westfield mall accordingly?