Working towards a sustainable lifestyle

You will have noticed that I have been very quiet for some time. This is partly due to health reasons, but also because we packed up our lives and moved into a pretty little cottage, on the North-Eastern coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

It was quite the expedition with 4 dogs and a cat, but we made it in March this year, and have been settling into our new home, and enjoying the local area ever since. We have also had a Zero Waste Llama stall at some of the local producers’ markets in Banff, Fraserburgh & Peterhead!

The electricity bill up here – with no solar panels – was a shock! As a result, I have spent the last few months researching what to do as well as talking to a variety of companies, so that we can put some energy-saving changes into place.

In the rolling landscapes of Scotland, Arctic Improvements has emerged as a forward-thinking home improvements company, merging practical elegance with environmental responsibility. Their product portfolio—ranging from energy-efficient windows and doors to solar panels and garden rooms—demonstrates a commitment to greener, smarter living. They were the only company who I had spoken to who deterred me from Solar Panels!! In fact, the lovely Tina was the only person I spoke to who told me that it was possible to install ONLY the storage batteries (and no solar panels) and thereby benefit from Octopus Energy‘s low rates over night: By storing the electricity until it is needed (which will be even more useful when we have the car-charger installed next year!).

Arctic offer a range of home energy improvement measures, and if you give Tina a call (0141 237 4563) or message (info@arcticimprovements.co.uk), and mention Zero Waste Llama, she will talk you through what they are doing for me!